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WEEK NINE: Peyton Place (pages 187-372)
1) How does Metalious's portrayal of male characters either add or detract from her female characters? Pick just one example to illustrate your point.
2) What do you make of the pus that runs in Nellie's veins?
3) What importance do different notions of insanity have in the novel so far?
4) What symbolic value does the carnival have in this section?
5) How do you think Metalious differentiates between childhood and adulthood?
6) Why do you think Metalious does not allow Ted Carter and Selena to end up happily married?
7) Why might Metalious choose to include the character of David Noyes at the end of the novel?
