In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison Character Descriptions

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison Character Descriptions

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Jack Henry Abbott

He has read widely, especially philosophy, and has settled on Communism as the best and ideal political system for the world. He considers himself a revolutionary and looks forward to a world dominated by Communism.

Pigs

They are members of a fraternity which protects its own.

Norman Mailer

He is the man Jack Abbott is writing to in his series of letters.

Uncle Ho

This character's poem involves welcoming the winter (despair, sadness, punishment) for only with winter can there be a spring. It celebrates damage done to the body and mind, for this damage has strengthened body and mind.

William James

He wrote that we do not shed tears because we are sad; we are sad because we shed tears.

Striker

He stabbed and killed a prison guard after the guard tried to break up his poker game.

Gerard the Punk

Abbott knew a...

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