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How do ghosts illustrate The Impact of Love and Loss? Using at least three or four different ghosts as examples, consider the nature of the “unfinished business” that many such characters feel they must attend to before moving on.

Analyze Mittenwool’s connection to Silas. How does the ghostly boy act as a caretaker for Silas, and how does Silas ultimately transcend and change the nature of this relationship? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

How do the photographs at the beginning of each part act as subtle elements of foreshadowing and set the tone for the next few chapters?

The novel features many coincidences and unlikely connections between characters. Choose at least three examples and explain how this pattern complicates The Tangible Effects of the Supernatural.

Analyze the character of Marshal Enoch Farmer. Is his presence merely a plot device that propels Silas’s journey forward, or does his own story reflect a deeper philosophical message? Use examples from the text to support your opinion.

Why does Silas argue that Roscoe Ollerenshaw is less human than most ghosts? What does this suggest about the nature of villains?

Silas narrates the novel in the first person, but he does so from several years in the future, as a man rather than a child. How does this perspective shape the contemplative tone of the story and add nuance to the plot?

Compare the man Pa currently is to the man he used to be. What compelled him to change his ways, and how does he endeavor to keep his family safe from his past mistakes?