42 pages • 1 hour read
Laura MoriartyThe Chaperone
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
What role does friendship play in The Chaperone, if any? Do Cora and Louise become friends?
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Moriarty uses The Age of Innocence as a foil to her novel’s storyline. What other works of literature could she have used in this way?
3.
Discuss the importance of family relationships, particularly parent-child relationships, in the novel. Is Cora justified in her statement that “Louise was the real orphan at the table” (280)?
