Compare and contrast Galadriel and Orion. What differences do they have? What similarities? What are the roles they’ve been given, and how do those roles function within the larger social situation?

Explain why El and Orion are able to connect so well despite their seemingly opposite personalities.

Consider the Scholomance as a character within the book. Discuss the indirect and direct characterization of the school. Discuss the school’s motivations and values. How does the school itself influence the events of the novel?