English review

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Across
  1. 3. Generational curse in Oscar’s family
  2. 5. Person the boys give their banned books to at the end of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
  3. 7. Name of the deceased brother of Leonie in Sing Unburied Sing
  4. 9. Something that Oscar hates about himself, yet over 40% of Americans have
  5. 11. This hotel’s name is an allusion to Xenophobia (discrimination against other nationalities)
  6. 13. Book takes place during the ___ Revolution (1979)
  7. 14. Following the Islamic Revolution, women were forced to wear ____
  8. 16. “Something is ____ in the state of Denmark.”
  9. 17. Last name of the author of many of the books stolen by the boys in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
  10. 19. “This above all: to thine own self be true.” Quoted from the character ____.
  11. 21. Something used to dull the pain of the women's stories
  12. 22. Name of the Fences character who represents healing and new beginnings
  13. 23. Chapters that tell how Amir got to the island
Down
  1. 1. “Love him. Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?” Quoted from the character ___.
  2. 2. The final word spoken by the ghosts in Sing, Unburied, Sing: “____,” representing peace after a life of suffering.
  3. 4. When Firdaus’s pimp threatens to kill her, she takes the ___ from his pocket and stabs him.
  4. 6. Fictional truth that someone can dream: ___ truth.
  5. 8. The place Tim O’Brien was deployed to
  6. 10. A flawed protagonist whose pride and past mistakes lead to his downfall—Troy Maxson is a powerful example of this literary figure (2 words).
  7. 12. The protagonist in Woman At Point Zero who rejects submission and takes control over her fate
  8. 15. What a woman can't have and be successful.
  9. 18. Money offered by Claire to kill Alfred Ill: One ___ dollars.
  10. 19. Where in France did the book “Giovanni’s Room” take place?
  11. 20. People in The Visit decide to eventually kill Ill because they wanted ___.