51 pages • 1 hour read
Cecelia AhernFlawed
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
What narrative elements characterize this novel as dystopian fiction? How is it similar and different from other dystopian novels, such as The Hunger Games?
How is morality defined by different characters or entities in Flawed? Pick two characters and show how their moralities compare and contrast.
How does the novel depict Judge Crevan? Does he change throughout the novel? How does Celestine’s opinion of him change? Use evidence from the text to support your argument.
How does Celestine’s point of view impact the novel, and why is first-person narration used? How do Celestine’s comments from a place of future wisdom affect the story’s meaning?
What is Celestine’s granddad’s role in Flawed? How does he contribute to Celestine’s character development?
How does the novel characterize Celestine and Juniper’s relationship? How does it evolve throughout the story?
At the beginning, Celestine states: “I am a girl of definitions, of logic, of black and white” (1). How does the story’s emphasis on rational thinking convey its message? Alternatively, how does Celestine’s love of definitions contrast with the Flawed system’s logical fallacy?
How does society and the Guild isolate the Flaweds, physically, socially, emotionally, or otherwise? To what effect? Use evidence from the text to support your argument.
In addition to Celestine, what other characters develop Self-Agency? Pick one or two characters and use examples from the text.
How do Art and Carrick contrast with one another? To what effect? How does Ahern imply early on that Carrick may be Celestine’s better match?
