Duma Key

60 pages • 2 hours read

Duma Key

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Interlude 1-Chapter 4

Chapters 5-9

Chapters 10-13

Interlude 8-Chapter 17

Chapter 18-Interlude 12

Character Analysis

Themes

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Discuss the symbolism of the color red, and how the novel uses it.

Edgar notes that “Memory is identity. It’s you” (505). Why is memory so important to Edgar? Discuss this in light of his and Elizabeth’s brain injuries.

Explore the novel’s take on the feeling of flow—being so engaged in an activity that one loses track of time or bodily awareness. Why does Perse offer Edgar this feeling through his art? What about flow is tempting to him?

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