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Walter Dean MyersScorpions
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Scorpions is set in 1980s Harlem. In what ways does Myers represent the historical specificities of this time period?
Jamal and Tito are best friends and close as “brothers,” but they are characterized quite differently in the novel. How does Myers compare and contrast Tito and Jamal in the novel?
Jamal often feels like things are happening to him instead of him making things happen. How does Myers explore the idea of agency in the novel?
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