49 pages • 1 hour read
Stephen Graham JonesI Was a Teenage Slasher
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024A 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
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The novel draws heavily on tropes in the slasher movie genre, but is Stephen Graham Jones also drawing from the coming-of-age genre? What are the tropes that define coming of age?
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The quote “I’m good with ether” recurs throughout the novel as an inside joke between Tolly and Amber. Though the phrase originated from Tolly’s father, how does its appropriation into a joke contribute to developing Tolly and Amber’s relationship?
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What is the novel’s position on potential and working-class life?
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