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Dear Martin

Nic Stone

Dear Martin

Nic Stone

Dear Martin Essay Topics

1.

In this novel, Stone incorporates various writing styles, including a third-person limited omniscient narrator, letters to Dr. King, and play-like dialogue. What purpose does this mix of styles serve? Is each approach effective?

2.

Justyce and Jared each experience change over the course of the novel. How has each of them changed? Are they more similar at the beginning or the end of the novel?

3.

Stone's novel focuses on Dr. King's teachings, and she includes a quote from him as an epigraph: "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final words in reality." By the end of the novel, would Justyce agree with Dr. King's belief? What experiences and realizations might have led him to that stance?

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