Social status and image are important to various characters. Compare and contrast two characters and their motivations for maintaining—or disrupting—society’s expectations of them.
What elements of Gothic literature does Avi employ to emulate Poe’s own stories? How do these affect the mood of the novel?
Dupin/Poe fixates on the many ways he and Edmund are similar. In what key ways are the two main characters different?
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