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38 pages 1 hour read

The Smell of Apples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

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Essay Topics

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Discuss Marnus as both product and victim of apartheid. Is he to blame for his unquestioning embrace of racism?

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Do the interchapters support or distract from the story of Marnus and his father? How do the interchapters reveal the long-term impact of racism? Is the grown-up Marnus heroic for his willingness to die for a country we see as toxic? 

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Compare the evolution of Marnus and Ilse. Account for how the same cultural system and the same parents could have shaped two such strikingly different children.

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