58 pages 1 hour read

Riley Sager

Final Girls: A Novel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Essay Topics

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Discuss real-world examples of people whose lives were misrepresented by sensationalized news coverage. How did these people overcome the stigma that the public narrative forced upon them?

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Sager’s novel has a similar premise to the 2021 novel, The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix. Differentiate Sager and Hendrix’s approaches to the final girl as a concept. How do these approaches speak to their thematic interests as authors?

3.

Looking into the history of the final girl trope in slasher films, which final girls are likely to have inspired the character of Quincy Carpenter? Discuss their character development across multiple films to prove your claim.