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A Death in the Family
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A Death in the Family
by:
James Agee
Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapters 3–4
Chapters 5–6
Chapter 7
Section in Italics–End of Part One
Chapter 8
Chapters 9–10
Chapter 11
Chapters 12–13
Section in Italics (I)
Section in Italics (II)
Chapters 14–15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapters 18–20
Characters
Character List
Rufus Follet
Mary Follet
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
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Context
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Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapters 3–4
Chapters 5–6
Chapter 7
Section in Italics–End of Part One
Chapter 8
Chapters 9–10
Chapter 11
Chapters 12–13
Section in Italics (1)
Section in Italics (2)
Chapters 14–15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapters 18–20
Study Questions
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1
of 5
When was James Agee born?
1909
1919
1929
1939
2
of 5
Where did Agee attend college?
Colombia
Harvard
Stanford
Oxford
3
of 5
What did Agee do two years before the publication of A Death in the Family?
He married
He graduated college
He had a son
He died
4
of 5
Whose real-life death does the novel closely parallel?
Agee’s mother’s
Agee’s son’s
Agee’s father’s
Agee’s uncle’s
5
of 5
What core American conflict does the novel explore?
City/country
Wealthy/poor
Upper class/lower class
Northern/southern
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