46 pages • 1 hour read
Cassie BeasleyCircus Mirandus
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015A 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
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How do the changes to Micah and Ephraim’s home operate symbolically to illustrate Ephraim’s advancing illness and Gertrudis’s strict rule?
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Analyze the different tickets children use to enter Circus Mirandus. How do these tickets function as symbols of hope and possibility? What do they reveal about the circus’s philosophy?
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Explore the symbol of Ephraim’s bootlace. What does the bootlace mean to Gertrudis? Why does she react so negatively to it?
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