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Incidents Around the House
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Essay Topics
The novel is narrated entirely from Bela’s point of view. How does her narrative voice add to the novel’s characterization and themes? What does her naïve perspective prevent her from understanding? Does it also allow her to understand some things that the adults do not?
Josh Malerman is slow to reveal Other Mommy’s strange physical characteristics. How does Bela describe her? How does this slow reveal of her nonhuman characteristics add to the novel’s tension?
Malerman makes the unusual choice to use the present tense throughout the novel. How does this tense add to the novel’s tension and uncertainty? How does it reveal Bela’s gradually dawning awareness of danger?
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