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49 pages 1 hour read

Sloan Harlow

Everything We Never Said

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

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Essay Topics

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The novel’s narrator shifts among the first-person perspectives of Ella, Sawyer, and even Hayley. Why might Harlow have chosen to use multiple narrators rather than one third-person omniscient narrator? What would be lost? What would be gained?

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What strategies does Harlow use to keep the reader from realizing that Sam Wilkens is the “S” of Hayley’s diary until Ella figures it out?

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The word “gold” appears throughout the text, acquiring meaning beyond its literal ability to describe color. What does “gold” symbolize? Analyze at least three instances of its use in the text.

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