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58 pages 1 hour read

Steelheart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

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Essay Topics

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Do the Reckoners have a moral responsibility to help fix the city after they destroy its governing system? Explore both sides of the argument, and choose two characters who would support each argument.

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Steelheart shares many plot similarities to another well-known Sanderson work, Mistborn: The Final Empire. Identify similarities and differences between these plots and how they address themes surrounding oppressive tyrants.

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How does the novel’s four-part structure define miniature narrative arcs within the overall plot, and what is the purpose of each?

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