92 pages 3 hours read

Neal Shusterman

Scythe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

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Essay Topics

1.

Would you want to live in the world of Scythe? Why or why not? What do you see as the downsides and upsides of the Age of Immortality?

2.

Discuss how your perspective on Scythe Faraday changes through the novel. Cite specific details from the text that support Faraday’s progression.

3.

Why is such emphasis put on using the world “gleaning” instead of the word “killing,” given that the result is the same?