49 pages • 1 hour read
Sloan HarlowEverything We Never Said
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024A 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
The novel’s narrator shifts among the first-person perspectives of Ella, Sawyer, and even Hayley. Why might Harlow have chosen to use multiple narrators rather than one third-person omniscient narrator? What would be lost? What would be gained?
What strategies does Harlow use to keep the reader from realizing that Sam Wilkens is the “S” of Hayley’s diary until Ella figures it out?
The word “gold” appears throughout the text, acquiring meaning beyond its literal ability to describe color. What does “gold” symbolize? Analyze at least three instances of its use in the text.
