Home Fire

Analyze the connection between the radicalization of young people and the resulting victimization of their families. How does it differ from country to country? 

Describe how Shamsie blurs the line between black and white, exploring the complexity of individual experience beneath the surface of sensational newspaper headlines.

In Sophocles’ Antigone, the eponymous main character puts the notion of “philia” (one’s obligation toward family) above obligations to one’s homeland. Analyze episodes in the novel where Aneeka mirrors this attitude and when she diverges from it.