47 pages 1 hour read

Amos Tutuola

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

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Essay Topics

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How does Tutuola employ surrealism and fantasy in My Life in the Bush of Ghosts? How do these narrative techniques impact the narrator’s coming-of-age arc?

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Compare and contrast social class in the human and ghost worlds. How does the author depict the disparities between social classes?

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Analyze the novel’s setting. How does the landscape of the bush of ghosts compare to the landscape in the narrator’s earthly town? How does this juxtaposition underscore thematic elements or character development?