71 pages • 2 hours read
Ernest ClineReady Player One
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Is the OASIS a useful, productive escape from a harsh world or a distraction that creates additional real-world problems?
Ready Player One borrows heavily from an array of heroic epics and pop culture stories. Pick three stories it references and explain how they relate to the plot, themes, and characters of the novel.
Is Wade’s persistent pursuit of Art3mis’s affections romantic or problematic?
Many of the real-world issues in Ready Player One reflect current events in the present day. Choose one major issue mentioned in the story and explain its connection to a contemporary political or social issue.
How are James Halliday and Wade Watts similar? How are they different?
While 80s media and pop culture pervade Ready Player One, only a select few games, songs, and movies are part of the Hunt. Choose two of the specific media from the contest and explain why Cline chose those particular items to highlight.
Og thinks that the OASIS is one of humanity’s biggest problems. Why does he help Wade and his friends to save it?
1984 and Brave New World are two influential dystopian novels. What similarities and differences exist between those two novels and Ready Player One?
How is diversity shown in Ready Player One? Does the novel represent marginalized identities in a meaningful way, or does it gloss over the issue in the OASIS, a world in which identity doesn’t matter?
How does Ready Player One offer a critique of contemporary capitalism?
