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Lesson 1 (from Part 1, Pages 1-39)

Objective

Part 1, Pages 1-39

In the opening scene of the novel, the reader sees a graffiti artist hiding in the bushes has he hears a vehicle approaching. In the next scene, a Los Angeles Police Department detective receives a call informing him that there is a dead body in a pipe at Mulholland Dam. The lack of information causes suspense in the very beginning of the novel. The objective of this lesson is to investigate suspense as a literary device.

Lesson

1) Class Discussion: What, from the start of the novel, keeps your interest? Does the author provide all of the information, or leave some out as the novel opens? Does the lack of information cause you to want to continue reading? As a class, discuss suspense as a literary device. Come up with a working definition of suspense.

2) Group Discussion: Break the class into several small groups...

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