Pick one of the following essential questions to answer in your presentation:

 

• What role does an individual play in determining their own future? What about outside forces? (government, civil unrest, prejudice, war, times of peace)

• How have national events in your novel shaped your characters?

• What causes some to fail and some to thrive in the face of a challenge?

• What’s the difference between surviving and living?

• How does conflict lead to change across varying levels of society?

• What are the benefits and consequences of questioning/challenging authority?

• Why do we sometimes oppress each other when we gain power?

• Is there a price to obtaining freedom from oppression? If so, what is it?

• How can one individual’s experience reflect the struggles of an entire nation?

• How does historical fiction influence our understanding of history?

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