47 pages • 1 hour read
Amos TutuolaMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954A 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.
How does Tutuola employ surrealism and fantasy in My Life in the Bush of Ghosts? How do these narrative techniques impact the narrator’s coming-of-age arc?
2.
Compare and contrast social class in the human and ghost worlds. How does the author depict the disparities between social classes?
3.
Analyze the novel’s setting. How does the landscape of the bush of ghosts compare to the landscape in the narrator’s earthly town? How does this juxtaposition underscore thematic elements or character development?
