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The First Property of Thirst is the Element of Surprise

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Wiggins, Marianne. The Properties of Thirst. Simon & Schuster, 2022. Hardcover.

• In “The First Property of Thirst is an Element of Surprise,” Rocky Rhodes is taking a walk on his property.

• He considers that you cannot save something you do not love, something his father, Punch, hammered into him through Punch’s love of money.

• Rocky is not sure why he remembers his father today after he has been gone for so many years.

• His father was a tough man who punched at people, even his wife, with his finger in their sternum.

• Rocky’s mother had been a stoic woman.

• It is December 7, and Rocky sees the sun climbing from behind Mount Inyo.

• When Rocky came to California, he brought Thoreau and Emerson with him.

• Emerson...

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