73 pages • 2 hours read
Brian SelznickWonderstruck
Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
What does Major Tom symbolize for Ben? What is the significance of the song and its association with outer space?
How are both Rose and Ben curators? How do their collections reflect their desires and their values?
Why does lightning appear so frequently in the novel? What is its symbolic significance for both Ben and Rose?
How do Ben and Rose’s stories mirror each other? Why does the author choose to tell them simultaneously, rather than in separate chapters or sections?
What do wolves symbolize for Ben? Why does he continue to dream of them?
Each character in this novel experiences loneliness in one way or another. How does loneliness influence the actions of each character? What are the benefits of these actions, and what are the consequences?
What collections do each of the characters maintain? How do they make, as Ben says, their “own cabinets of wonder” (574)?
How does Brian Selznick explore deafness and disability in this text? How does the form demonstrate other ways of experiencing the world?
How does each character find belonging at the end of the novel? What does a sense of belonging provide, and why is it important, especially for Ben and Rose?
