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Discuss the concept of freedom in Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. Is freedom a positive or a
negative thing for the characters (and/or animals) in the novel? Once you have analyzed this
concept, providing examples from the book, reflect on the notion of freedom in relation to the
cultural/social landscape of the United States. Has Franzen enriched your understanding of “the
land of the free?”
Discuss one—or several of—the activist frameworks at play in Jonathan Franzen’s novel. What is
your position on whether a novel such as Freedom could effect positive social change?
Garth Risk Hallberg’s “‘Why Write Novels at All?’” (LINK to this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/magazine/why-write-novels-at-all.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
and consider his statement at the end of the piece that the works of current leading novelists
“may delight us, but they do not instruct.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? If
you disagree, what are the specific preoccupations of the twenty-first century novel that, in
your view, aid in this instructive power? If you disagree, what do you think the novels of the
future need to look like in order to elevate their cultural capital?
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