Pick one character in Reflections in a Golden Eye, and compare and contrast how others perceive them, how they perceive themselves, and how the reader perceives them. How does this character change depending on who looks at them?

Using a paragraph of your choice, explore how the narrative perspective facilitates different points of view in the text. How does this narration paint a picture of a character?

Reflections in a Golden Eye is set in the 1930s and was published in 1941—before the Civil Rights Movement, the movement for women’s rights, or the movement for gay rights. Pick two characters in the novel. How does their historical societal ethos affect their lives and how much agency they have?