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How I Live Now
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Content Warning: This section of the guide contains references to war, violent death, disordered eating, and incest.
Compare and contrast the movie adaptation of How I Live Now with the novel. What aspects have changed, and what remains the same? How does the film use specific visuals to convey The Presence of the Dead and The Process of Finding a Home?
How does How I Live Now differ from the more famous YA dystopias that follow it, such as The Hunger Games? Use examples from both chosen source texts to support your answer.
How do Rosoff’s descriptions seek to normalize (or at the very least, excuse) Daisy and Edmond’s incestuous relationship? How effective are the author’s attempts to address this issue?
