45 pages 1 hour read

Lynda Barry

One! Hundred! Demons!

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | YA | Published in 2002

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Essay Topics

1.

Barry begins the novel by asking whether something is an autobiography if some things in it aren’t true. Why does Barry want readers to consider that question?

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Why does Barry collage realistic-looking objects and paper cut-outs into her illustrations? What effect does that have to the book’s art?

3.

Compare two or three of the maternal figures Barry describes, including her grandmother, her mother, her friends’ mothers, and her teachers.