How do Nova and Adrian’s alternative narratives work to develop the novel’s thematic focus on The Consequence of Wielding Power? Include examples of how their mutual interactions force them both to modify their opinions and ideals.

Choose one of the novel’s broader entities (the Renegades, the Anarchists, or the Council) and analyze this group’s innate hypocrisy. How do these characters contradict themselves in speech and action?

While the novel is not necessarily explicitly set in America, the city of Gatlon and the author’s world-building create a very America-centric setting. What aspects of the novel express distinctly American values or assumptions about the world? How might Gatlon and the characters change if they were set in a different culture?