77 pages • 2 hours read
Mark OshiroAnger Is a Gift
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
What does Wanda mean when she says, “Anger is a gift” (169), and how does this affect Moss’s relationship with anger?
How does Esperanza’s character development help highlight the importance of seeing oppression as intersectional?
In what contexts and settings does the theme of institutional racism appear?
How do Moss’s panic attacks serve to highlight the traumatic effects of police brutality?
How does Wanda’s experience and knowledge influence the other characters’ development and the overall narrative?
How do the motifs of West Oakland High and the metal detector help to highlight the themes of police brutality and institutional racism?
How does Oshiro demonstrate that oppression is intersectional?
In what ways does police brutality further the novel’s plot?
Why is it significant that Oshiro chose to make Moss’s friendship group diverse, containing people from different marginalized communities?
How do the novel’s themes reflect contemporary social and political issues in the U.S.?
