105 pages 3 hours read

Jodi Picoult

Nineteen Minutes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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Essay Topics

1.

There were ten victims of the Sterling High school shooting. List the victims and explain what relation, if any, they had to Peter Houghton, the gunman. Were the victims part of any group in school? What reason was given for them being singled out?

2.

Josie Cormier and Peter Houghton were friends at one point. Explain how they became friends, including the flashbacks that flesh out their friendship, and then explain how they stopped being friends. What happens between the two by the novel’s end?

3.

Peter experiences bullying from a young age. Detail Peter’s experience with bullying, from his first day of kindergarten until the day he goes on a rampage. Give examples from the text.