Critical interpretations - Whole novel

Question 1

‘They live in what might as well be concentration camps’

Answer 1

Peter Monro Jack

Question 2

‘Friendless, homeless and therefore voteless’

Answer 2

Malcolm Cowley

Question 3

‘A warm-hearted celebration of the persistence of the human spirit’

Answer 3

Matt Lewis

Question 4

‘This novel has blood on its teeth’

Answer 4

Robert McCrum

Question 5

‘The intercalary chapters tell a larger cultural and historical story’

Answer 5

Ryan Shleeter

Question 6

‘Not a promised land, but a blighted eden’

Answer 6

Crockett

Question 7

‘Document of protest and compassion’

Answer 7

Kronenberger

Question 8

‘The novel picks apart the wilful optimism of the pioneer and questions the limits of individualism’

Answer 8

Blades

Question 9

Peter Monro Jack

Answer 9

‘They live in what might as well be concentration camps’

Question 10

Malcolm Cowley

Answer 10

‘Friendless, homeless and therefore voteless’

Question 11

Matt Lewis

Answer 11

‘A warm-hearted celebration of the persistence of the human spirit’

Question 12

Robert McCrum

Answer 12

‘This novel has blood on its teeth’

Question 13

Ryan Shleeter

Answer 13

‘The intercalary chapters tell a larger cultural and historical story’

Question 14

Crockett

Answer 14

‘Not a promised land, but a blighted eden’

Question 15

Kronenberger

Answer 15

‘Document of protest and compassion’

Question 16

Blades

Answer 16

‘The novel picks apart the wilful optimism of the pioneer and questions the limits of individualism’