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This audio study guide for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as class as a learned social performance and the morality of ambition. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Forge, by Laurie Halse Anderson, includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the realities of the Revolutionary War, racism and slavery in “free” America, and identities revealed through hardship.

This audio study guide for Becoming a Learner, by Matthew L. Sanders, includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as college as an opportunity and the ability to use positive affirmation. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Facing East from Indian Country by Daniel K. Richter includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as cultural accommodation, racial antagonism, and the influence of resources and materials on historical events. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Trampoline by Robert Gipe includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as dysfunctional family relationships and environmental activism in the Appalachian South. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the advantages of difference, the power of words, speaking up for oneself, and the importance of friendship. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the danger and risk of supernatural powers, indigenous identity and culture, and addiction in dysfunctional families. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the dire consequences of racism, historical knowledge in contemporary social transformation, and rethinking racist power. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as systemic racism, activism, and social justice. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for The Flivver King by Upton Sinclair includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the capitalist system benefiting the few at the expense of the many. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the hollowing out of the American Dream, class tensions in the 1920s, and shifting gender roles in the Jazz Age.

This audio study guide for Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the tyranny of the majority and the remedy for it, nostalgia for an aristocracy in decline, and the importance of religious faith. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. Democracy in America is a multilayered work that spans genres, topics, and continents.

This audio study guide for Philoctetes by Sophocles includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as friendship, the individual versus the collective, pain and trauma, and fate versus self-determination. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Night by Elie Wiesel includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as religion and the loss of faith, dehumanization, loyalty and the father-son relationship, and the power of illusion. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as minority identity and spirituality. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Looking for Alaska by John Green includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as guilt and forgiveness, friendship and loyalty, and religion and philosophy. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. Looking for Alaska, the debut by best-selling author John Green, tells the story of a 16-year-old boy's experiences at a boarding school and his search for "a Great Perhaps".

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as segregation and "separate but equal", the generational divide, and community obligation. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as sin, punishment, and forgiveness; the self in society and in private; gender norms and relationships between men and women; and the weight of the past. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the role of women and the importance of marriage, social hierarchy, and duplicity versus honesty. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Awakening by Kate Chopin includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as individuality versus social order, motherhood and women’s rights, and the consequences of self-expression. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.