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The Kaiju Preservation Society
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Essay Topics
In what ways do the kaiju act as metaphors for nature and nuclear energy? How do the characters on Gold Team reinforce this metaphor?
How does Scalzi’s choice to set the novel during the COVID-19 pandemic impact the story? Does the pandemic affect any of the events on Kaiju Earth? Use textual evidence.
How does Scalzi obscure Jamie’s gender? What effect does their ambiguous gender have on the book? How does ambiguity affect their character?
In what ways is The Kaiju Preservation Society a political novel? How does the political climate of the United States in the early 2020s impact the story and its characters?
What elements of the science fiction genre are present in this novel? How does Scalzi use and subvert various tropes common to the genre? In what ways does the novel diverge from the genre?
In what ways does Scalzi pay homage to other kaiju stories in the novel? In what ways does he build on or depart from these tropes?
In what ways does the KPS affect the ecosystems on Kaiju Earth? How does Scalzi use the KPS to illustrate good environmental stewardship? Does the KPS harm Kaiju Earth in any ways?
How do Jamie, Aparna, Kahurangi, and Niamh complement each other as teammates? In what ways do their character arcs promote Teamwork and Community in the Face of Global Catastrophe?
How does the ecosystem on Kaiju Earth operate? In what ways do non-kaiju plants and animals on Kaiju Earth impact the story? How do they contribute to the theme of The Importance of Conservation and Environmental Stewardship?
What effect do the novel’s pop culture references have on the story? How do these references connect the characters to the two Earths?
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