Shattering Glass is told from Young’s high-school perspective, but each chapter opens with a quote from a supporting character, five years after Simon’s murder. In this way, despite the story being predominantly told from Young’s point of view, the reader also briefly gets into the mind of the other characters and their present reflections on the past. Why does Giles choose to employ this device?

Throughout the novel, Simon and Rob grow in similar ways. How are they parallel characters, despite their obvious differences?

Young continually does exactly what Rob wants throughout the novel, and he offers various reasons for doing so. Choose one reason that Young gives for faithfully obeying Rob and explain how this informs Young’s character.