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The Candy House Lesson Plan

Introduction to The Candy House

The Candy House is a speculative fiction novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan, published in 2022. The novel follows the intersecting lives of various characters in a series of stylistically diverse short stories as they engage with a future in which individuals can upload their consciousness to a digital cloud. It explores immediately culturally relevant themes, including technology's impact on the modern world, authenticity, memory, and privacy. A New York Times review points out that “Egan is after more than a cautionary tale; she is interested in describing social technology as a lived environment.”

The novel begins with Bix Bouton, a tech executive and founder of the...

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