How does Tahereh Mafi’s use of more straightforward or traditional narration (as opposed to the strikethroughs, numericals, and cut-off or run-on sentences in the first two novels in the series) suggest about Juliette’s growth as a character? Cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.

As Juliette trains, her confidence grows. How does the novel define confidence? In what ways is confidence presented as materially important when fighting against a totalitarian regime?

The Shatter Me series was initially billed as a trilogy, with this novel as its conclusion. In the Acknowledgments, Mafi calls it “the finish line” (246), despite the fact that she went on to write another trilogy in this world. What does this journey suggest about the definition of a story’s “ending”?