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Tahereh MafiAll This Twisted Glory
Tahereh MafiFiction | 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.
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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of graphic violence and death by suicide.
Alizeh notes that she is a queen with “no throne, no army, no plan” (19), yet thousands of Jinn are flocking to her in search of inspiration. In your opinion, what gives Alizeh the cultural legitimacy to lead her people? How does Alizeh’s claim to queendom challenge traditional notions of political and royal power? Support your answer with examples from the text.
From the Simorgh to the Jinn, Mafi uses many elements from Persian mythology and culture to inform the world of her novel. Identify five such allusions in the novel, and discuss how they enrich its world-building and themes. Please use textual and online research to illustrate your answer.
Examining the Islamic creation myth featuring Iblees, discuss the specific ways in which Mafi’s portrayal of the devil draws from traditional accounts, as well as how it differs from them. Illustrate your answer with examples from the novel.
The oppression of the Jinn explores important questions around the marginalization of many real-world communities. What are some real-life parallel communities for the Jinn? How have these communities been robbed of land, resources, or rights? Base your answer on online and textual research.
Analyze the theme of free will in the novel, using textual examples to illustrate your answer.
Mafi has received praise for her evocative writing in the Woven Kingdom series. Discuss her use of at least three literary devices in the novel, supporting your answer with examples from the text.
Cyrus’s teacher, the Diviner Rostam, tells him to “master yourself so that you will never be mastered” (214). What do you think Rostam means by the counsel? Why does Rostam think a Diviner in particular must master themselves before they master magic? Support your answer with textual evidence.
In the novel, magic is a resource extracted from the earth, much like oil or diamonds. In our opinion, why does the author make magic a resource? How does the depiction inform the politics of the novel? Please support your answer with examples from the text.
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