Stasiland Insight Text Guide has highly visual Character Map with notes on each character and their relationships; in-depth and comprehensive background and context notes; excellent notes on genre, style and structure; a chapter-by-chapter/scene-by-scene analysis; discussion of characters and relationships; highly informative section on themes, issues and concepts; discussion of different interpretations – which has come into most English courses around Australia recently; sample exam questions and answers for students to use for essay writing practise on the text; a comprehensive References list.