Trace the nature imagery that appears throughout A Death in the Family. When and how does Agee use such imagery? With what result?

 

If you were an editor, where would you place the italicized scenes within the rest of the text? Why?

 

Comment on Agee's depiction of childhood. Is it accurate? Use examples to support your answer.

 

How does the setting of the novel shape its themes? Could the story take place anywhere, or is it important that it is set in Tennessee? Explain.

 

Were Mary and Jay, in your opinion, happily married? Why or why not? What obstacles did they have to surmount?