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Lesson 1 (from Book I: Chapters 1-4)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss Abel's story, and why he tells it in the third person in Chapters 1-3. In Chapters 1-3, Abel remembers his childhood and how his family died. Abel tells the story of his childhood as though it is a story about another person.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What does Abel remember about his childhood? Why does remembering his childhood make him feel as though he is not talking about himself, but about another person? Why does he refer to his childhood self as a character in a story? Why is the flesh of a person's body not the actual person himself? How do family and friends create a person? What happens if family and friends die? How do flesh and blood continue when family and friends die, but the person does not? Who does Abel think he was before the...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 11-12.3(d)
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