49 pages • 1 hour read
Adrienne BrodeurLittle Monsters
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023A 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
How are old age and aging portrayed in the novel? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
How does Little Monsters depict Adam’s symptoms of bipolar disorder? What function do they serve in the novel?
Little Monsters depicts women who never appear as characters but nonetheless haunt the text. Compare the functions of these women, such as Hillary Clinton, Jenny’s mother, and Emily Gardner.
Little Monsters alludes to many different texts, from the Bible to King Lear and Frankenstein. What function do these allusions serve? How do they represent the characters?
How does nature function in the novel? What does it represent, and how does it connect to human nature?
Look up kintsugi, Jenny’s technique for repairing Abby’s damaged painting. What is its symbolic relationship to trauma in Little Monsters?
How does Little Monsters depict masculinity? How do the male characters portray masculinity differently?
How do Cape Cod and Provincetown function as characters in Little Monsters? Research the history and geography of Cape Cod. How does the novel’s depiction compare?
What is the significance of Abby using psychoanalytic concepts for titles?
What importance do names take on in the novel? What is the connection between the names in the novel and their biblical allusions, if present?
