Pages 45 - 55
· The following version of this story was used to create this lesson plan: Eisenberg, Deborah. "Some Other, Better Otto." Twilight of the Superheroes. Picador, 2006. Pages 45 - 88.
· “Some Other, Better Otto” begins on page 45.
· The story begins with Otto speaking to William.
· Otto is questioning why he agreed to see his family for Thanksgiving.
· William asks Otto if he does not want to see his sister Sharon, or their tenants Naomi and Margaret as well as the new baby.
· Otto jokes that if he wanted to see a confused bald person he could just look in the mirror.
· William tells Otto about a recent article he read about holiday depression and asks if he should cut it out for him.
· Otto suggests that he is not depressed, just “bored sick” (45) with such events.
· If Otto was being honest, he did in some way want to see his...
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