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Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Using examples from the novel, define what makes a dystopian society. What are its main characteristics and functions?
Compare The Year of the Flood with David Mitchell’s novel The Bone Clocks. How do the two novels’ depictions of climate change and its potential to fray social fabric differ, and how do they overlap?
What is the purpose of dystopian literature like The Year of the Flood? How does it make us think about today and the consequences of our actions regarding the future of our planet?
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