Read “Malibu” and answer the following questions:

1. In what ways has the author, Otessa Moshfegh, made the protagonist complex/interesting/unique?

2. How does his complexity affect how he interacts with other people/the world?

3. What does he seem to want out of life?

4. At what point in the story did you feel yourself drawn in and eager to find out what happens? If you didn’t feel drawn in, tell us what the story was lacking that would have made you more interested.