48 pages • 1 hour read
Rachel GilligOne Dark Window
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022A 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
Choose a character who keeps secrets in One Dark Window. Why do they keep secrets? How does their decision reflect the theme of Falsifying History and “Otherness” or Dominance Through Fear?
Choose an authority figure in the novel. What is their relationship with Elspeth? In what way does she challenge their authority?
Choose an authority figure in the novel. How do they interact with history? How do they use it to justify their actions?
Choose one of the families in the novel. How are they portrayed in terms of love and loyalty?
Choose a character. How do Family and (Dis)Loyalty affect their sense of self and relationships?
How is magic treated in Blunder? How does its treatment play into the idea of natural balance?
How would you describe Elspeth and the Nightmare’s relationship? How would you describe her and Ravyn’s relationship? Which relationship reads as more intimate? How so?
What is the role of the Physicians and Destriers in the novel?
What do the Providence Cards reveal about their wielders? What do they reveal about their creator, the Shepherd King?
Choose a sacrifice in the novel, either planned or realized. How does it shape the narrative? How do the Providence Cards play into the idea of sacrifice?
