Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon

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https://novels80.com/boys-life/chapter-one-89760.html I’ve attached the Author Biography Assignment that needs to be completed. I also attached the Novel Study Level Questions Assignment that need to be answered/completed. If you need more pages, please let me know. Also, don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I attached chapter summaries to help you out. Your help is very much appreciated. Boy’s Life by Robert R McCammon
A. Level 1 Questions (for the early chapters of the novel):
1. What is the time and place of the novel? As support for your answer, give three
pieces of evidence.
2. From the first part of the novel, choose three principal characters. Write brief
biographies for each one, highlighting physical characteristics, their personalities,
and their histories. Lastly, give your impressions of them.
3. Choose three minor characters and conduct the same analysis for them as for
those in question #2. Explain how these minor characters are vital to the plot and
themes of the novel.
4. Describe the nature of the relationship between two characters. Include their
history together and details of their relationship. Explain the significance of their
relationship to the narrative.
5. Describe one important event in the first part of the novel and explain why it is
significant to the narrative (to the plot, the characters, the ideas of the novel).
6. Select and explain two particular and anomalous aspects of the culture described
in the novel. Also explain how they have changed since the time of the novel; you
may need to do some research.
7. Select and explain one remark from one character which you found especially
percipient.
8. Choose one event in the novel which could be described as unrealistic. Can it be
narratively justified on another level?
B. Level 2 Questions (for the middle section of the novel):
1. What is the overall mood of this section of the novel? Give specific examples of
how the author creates that mood.
2. In these pages, compare and contrast two characters psychologically (the way
they think and make decisions). To do this, consider their behavior and
personality. Consider whether their physical selves support or contrast with their
psychological selves.
3. Cite and support by example(s) a significant conflict between two characters
(external) or between a character and his conscience (internal).
4. Who is the narrator of the story? Is he implicated in the narrative? Explain. What
is his relationship to the story? When you reflect on this question, recall the
element of ‘fictography’ in the novel.
5. Is the novel written in the first or third person? Is it omniscient or limited? How
does that affect the story? How would the narrative change if the perspective
changed?
6. What is your reaction to a relationship, event, socio-cultural behavior, or theme of
the novel? Be clear about what you are reacting to and exactly what makes you
respond as you do.
7. Choose a sentence or phrase that attracts you. Explain why you chose it, its
value in the novel and its value to you.
C. Level 3 Questions (for the final chapters of the novel):
1. If there is any special language used (dialects, foreign words, slang, etc.) give
examples and explain its use and purpose. What is its effect?
2. Does the author use humor, irony, symbolism, or metaphors? Give at least two
examples and explain the effect.
3. What is the peak event, or the climax, of the novel? What major conflicts lead up
to it and what is the resolution afterward?
4. What is the theme or themes in the novel? How does the author show this idea?
Give evidence. Comment on how this theme fits in the novel and how it applies to
life outside the narrative. What does this theme mean to you?
5. What did you learn from this novel? In answering this, you may comment on any
aspect of the novel, including how it is written.