The Host

Analyze Wanderer’s evolution throughout the story as a reflection of the conflict between individualism versus collectivism, using textual evidence to strengthen your argument.

Compare and contrast Melanie and Wanderer’s approaches to agency and autonomy.

Analyze the role of setting—both the desert landscape and the humans’ underground caves—in reflecting the novel’s themes and symbols.

Examine how The Host blends science fiction with romance. How does the novel conform to and subvert each genre?

Evaluate The Host as a critique of utopian ideals, particularly in its exploration of the balance between social stability and individuality.

Choose one of the relationships in the novel—Melanie and Jared, Wanderer and Ian, or Kyle and Jodi/Sunny—and explore it through the thematic lens of The Power and Complexities of Love.

Why do you believe Stephenie Meyer chose to have the alien invaders be a sympathetic force? How does this complicate the novel?

Explore the novel’s commentary on Survival and Resistance in the context of a historical struggle for independence.