Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

The title’s proclamation—Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone—turns out to be true. How do the “killings” differ from each other? Which ones are justifiable or forgivable, and which are not? Support your argument with evidence from the text.

Ernie, in breaking the fourth wall, explicitly calls attention to the trope of the unreliable narrator. To what extent is he trustworthy? To what extent is Ernie able to be objective, and where does his involvement in the events of the plot prevent him from being completely impartial?

How does the setting impact the novel’s plot? Consider not only the action’s location but also the time of year and other shifting factors.