Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

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38 pages • 1 hour read

William S. Burroughs

Naked Lunch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

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Chapters 1-5

Chapters 6-10

Chapters 11-14

Chapters 15-18

Chapters 19-25

Character Analysis

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Essay Topics

1.

To what extent do you consider Annexia a necessary precursor state to Freeland?

2.

Discuss the following quote: “Doctor Benway is ultimately an anarchist rather than a control addict.”

3.

To what extent does the narrative structure of Naked Lunch reflect a drug user’s dislocation from time?

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