50 pages 1 hour read

Guy Gavriel Kay

Sailing to Sarantium

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

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Essay Topics

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Crispin cannot save his wife and daughters from the plague. How does Crispin’s guilt over this affect the story?

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After meeting Crispin, Zoticus observes, “some people never learn, do they?” (83). Does Crispin ever learn? Why, or why not? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

3.

Zoticus believes that life and death are “the same journey in a different cloak” (411). Do you agree? Why, or why not? Cite examples from the novel to support your answer.

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