58 pages • 1 hour read
Mia SheridanArcher's Voice
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014A 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
Aside from sign language, how does Mia Sheridan represent some of the unique ways in which Archer communicates with Bree and the members of the Pelion community?
The Pelion community reject Archer; Uncle Nate and Victoria Hale make him more isolated. Discuss how ableism manifests itself throughout the novel.
Analyze Archer’s outing with Travis to the strip club. How does Sheridan treat sexual themes in the novel?
Examine the relationship between the older generation of the Hale family: Marcus, Alyssa, Connor, and Victoria. What techniques does Sheridan use to present their narrative, despite the fact that three of these characters are dead during the majority of the novel?
What is the significance of Sheridan creating parallel narratives between Alyssa and Connor and Archer and Bree?
Discuss representations of fatherhood in the novel.
How does Sheridan’s portrayal of Travis both use and deviate from the conventions of an antagonist character?
Discuss the relationship between the characterization of Victoria Hale and the significance of setting in the novel.
In what ways does Bree fulfill and defy the gendered archetype of a woman being saved?
The novel begins and ends with Archer’s perspective, but most of it is told from Bree’s point of view. Discuss Sheridan’s use of perspective in the novel.
