All the Glimmering Stars

At the beginning of the novel, Acoko tells her son, “Life isn’t all about happiness, Anthony. It’s about survival. Sometimes life is so hard you just have to survive it” (14). Her words make him a “little angry” and confused because they contradict what George told him. In Chapter 43 (two years later), he reflects on her words shortly before the Ugandan Army captures him. Does he feel differently about what she said given everything he survived? Why or why not?

While All the Glimmering Stars is specifically about Joseph Kony and the LRA (and their war in Uganda and the Sudan), what is one theme related to war that applies to other armed conflicts? Trace this theme’s development throughout the text and discuss how it’s universal.

Choose one moment in the text where Anthony makes a major internal change. Discuss the context of the scene, and then analyze how that specific scene contributes to Anthony’s transformation.