Transcript Tuck Everlasting: Part 2

Tuck Everlasting:
Part 2
by Natalie Babbitt
Chapter 9
Read to find out Angus Tuck’s
reaction when he meets Winnie.
“…it was as if they had slipped in
under a giant colander. The late
sun’s brilliance could penetrate
only in scattered glimmers, and
everything was silent and
untouched, the ground muffled
with moss and sliding needles, the
graceful arms of the pines
stretched out protectively in every
direction.”
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Chapter 9 –
Otherwise known as…?
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CHAPTER 10
cotton batting
black stove
oak wardrobe
washtub
What can you infer about the
Tucks/their lifestyle based on the
items in their house?
Chapter 10
Read to find out about Mae Tuck’s attitude
toward her situation of living forever.
What’s the Purpose of the Hyperbole?
Under the pitiless double assaults of her
mother and grandmother, the cottage where
[Winnie] lived was always squeaking clean,
mopped and swept and scoured into limp
submission.
“Into it all came Winnie, eyes wide, and very
much amazed. It was a whole new idea to her that
people could live in such disarray, but at the same
time she was charmed. It was…comfortable. …she
thought to herself: ‘Maybe it’s because they think
they have forever to clean it up.’ And this was
followed by another thought, far more
revolutionary: ‘ Maybe they just don’t care!’”
•Why was it “revolutionary” for Winnie to think
that the Tucks might not care about cleaning their
house?
Chapter 10
•Why did the author spend three pages
describing the Tucks’ house?
•Do you think she achieved the effect
that she wanted?
•Can you tell from Natalie Babbitt’s
descriptions that she was an artist
before she became a writer?
“’We’re plain as salt, us Tucks. We don’t
deserve no blessings – if it is a blessing. And,
likewise, I don’t see how we deserve to be
cursed, if it’s a curse.’”
A blessing or a curse?
What do YOU think?
Chapter 10 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 11
sympathy (sim′·pə·thē)
sympathy (sim′·pə·thē)
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: feeling sorry for someone
Example: I felt sympathy for my friend when her grandfather passed away.
Ask: How might you show someone sympathy?
Related word:
sympathetic (adjective)
Chapter 11
Read to find out why Winnie’s
happy mood changes.
Chapter 11
“It was a good supper…., but they ate sitting about in the parlor
instead of around a table. Winnie had never had a meal that way before
and she watched them carefully at first, to see what rules there might be
that she did not know about. But there seemed to be no rules. Jesse sat
on the floor and used the seat of a chair for a table, but the others held
their plates in their laps. There were no napkins. It was all right, then, to
lick the maple syrup from your fingers. Winnie was never allowed to do
such a thing at home, but she had always thought it would be the easiest
way. And suddenly the meal seemed luxurious.
What is the effect of the author’s use of so
many contrast words in this paragraph?
FORESHADOW ALERT!
(Tuck) “We got to get you home as fast
as we can. I got a feeling this whole
thing is going to come apart like wet
bread.”
(Tuck) “But first we got to talk, and the
pond’s the best place. The pond’s got
answers. Come along, child. Let’s go out on
the water.”
What do you think Tuck means by, “The
pond’s got answers”?
•Read Chapter 12 and then confirm/adjust
your ideas.
Chapter 11 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 12
rage (rāj)
rage (rāj)
Part of speech: Verb
Definition: to speak or act angrily against something/someone
Example: Kevin raged against the mistreatment that he suffered at the hands of the
bullies.
Ask: How is “raging” different from “being upset”?
Related word:
rage (noun)
Other meaning:
• When something is popular and fashionable, you say it is “all the rage.”
rigid (rij′·id)
rigid (rij′·id)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: stiff; not bending
Example: I was rigid with fright just at the thought of going through the
haunted house. I couldn’t seem to take the first step toward the door.
Ask: What is an antonym for “rigid”?
Related word:
rigidity (noun)
anguish (aŋ′·gwish)
anguish (aŋ′·gwish)
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: great suffering or pain
Example: The man’s family was in anguish when the doctor told them
that he only had a few months to live.
Ask: How is anguish different from rage? How are they similar?
Chapter 12
Read to find out what Tuck means by, “The
pond’s got answers.”
Chapter 12
“The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink
and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of
the pond like color spilled from a paintbox. The sun
was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg yolk, and
already to the east there was a darkening to purple.”
“This water, you look out at it every morning, and it looks the same,
but it ain’t. All night long it’s been moving, coming in through the stream back
there to the west, slipping out through the stream down east here, always
quiet, always new, moving on…. it’s always there, the water’s always moving
on, and someday, after a long while, it comes to the ocean.”
“The water slipped past [the boat], out between clumps of reeds and
brambles, and gurgled down a narrow bed, over stones and pebbles, foaming
a little, moving swiftly now after its slow trip between the pond’s wide banks.
And, farther down, Winnie could see that it hurried into a curve, around a
leaning willow, and disappeared.
“[The water] was black and silky now; it lapped at the sides of the
rowboat and hurried on around them into the stream.”
What “answer about life” was the water giving, according
to Tuck?
“Know what happens then?” said Tuck.
“To the water? The sun sucks some of it up right
out of the ocean and carries it back in clouds, and
then it rains, and the rain falls into the stream,
and the stream keeps moving on, taking it all
back again. It’s a wheel, Winnie. Everything’s a
wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
“Everything’s a wheel,
turning and turning,
never stopping. The
frogs is part of it, and
the bugs, and the fish,
and the wood thrush,
too.”
“And people. But never the same ones. Always coming in new, always growing and
changing, and always moving on. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. That’s the way it is.”
I can tell that Tuck has a
negative attitude toward
his situation.
PROVE IT!
“…dying’s part of the wheel, right there next to being born.
You can’t pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest.
Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing.
But it’s passing us by, us Tucks. Living’s heavy work, but off
to one side, the way we are, it’s useless, too. It don’t make
sense. If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it
in a minute.
You can’t have living without dying. So you can’t call it living,
what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the
road.”
“…dying’s part of the wheel, right there next to being born.
You can’t pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest.
Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing.
But it’s passing us by, us Tucks. Living’s heavy work, but
off to one side, the way we are, it’s useless, too. It don’t
make sense. If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel,
I’d do it in a minute.
You can’t have living without dying. So you can’t call it living,
what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the
road.”
Why type(s) of persuasive appeal is Tuck using to
convince Winnie that living forever is not a good thing?
LOGIC (REASON)
EMOTION (FEELINGS)
ETHICS (VALUES)
AUTHORITY (SOURCES)
Which sentence best shows that Tuck does not
like his situation of living forever?
A “What in the world could possibly happen to me?”
B “The pond’s got answers.”
C “If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a
minute.”
D “Everything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
Which sentence best shows that Tuck does not
like his situation of living forever?
A “What in the world could possibly happen to me?” (Tuck
said that.)
B “The pond’s got answers.”
C “If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a
minute.”
D “Everything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
Which sentence best shows that Tuck does not
like his situation of living forever?
A “What in the world could possibly happen to me?”
B “The pond’s got answers.” (Tuck said that.)
C “If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a
minute.”
D “Everything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
Which sentence best shows that Tuck
does not like his situation of living forever?
A “What in the world could possibly happen to me?”
B “The pond’s got answers.”
C “If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a
minute.”
D “Everything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
Which sentence best shows that Tuck does not
like his situation of living forever?
A “What in the world could possibly happen to me?”
B “The pond’s got answers.”
C “If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a
minute.”
D “Everything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
(Tuck said that.)
Which sentence best shows that Tuck does not
like his situation of living forever?
A “What in the world could possibly happen to me?”
B “The pond’s got answers.”
C “If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a
minute.” ”
D “Everything’s a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping.”
“…it’s something you don’t find out how you feel until
afterwards…. ‘Cause they wouldn’t know till after, and then it’d
be too late.”
What are some real-life examples of
someone thinking something sounded
good at first but realizing afterward that
it wasn’t so great?
Chapter 12 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 14
earnest (ʉr′·nist)
earnest (ʉr′·nist)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: very serious and sincere
Example: Carly had an earnest desire to succeed in school.
Ask: How are earnest and solemn similar?
Related word:
earnestly (adverb)
Chapter 13: Read to find how the
actions of the man in the yellow suit
advance the plot.
Chapter 14: Read to find out what
Jesse asks Winnie to do.
Chapters 13 & 14 Quiz
“Winnie lay there with her eyes wide. She felt cared for and –
confused…. She remembered guiltily that at supper she had
decided [the Tucks] were criminals. Well, but they were. And
yet…”
What happened in Chapter 14 that caused
Winnie to feel this way?
“Sometime later, the man in the yellow suit slipped
down from the saddle and tied the Tucks’ old horse to a
bar of the Fosters’ fence…. the man said quickly, ‘Ah!
Good evening! May I come in? I have happy news for
you. I know where they’ve taken the little girl.”
What do you think is the
motive of the man in the
yellow suit?
Chapter 13 is only one
paragraph long. Only a
half page.
•Why do you think
the author made this
such a short
chapter?
•What is the effect?
Chapter 14
“‘You’re too much of a worrier. There’s nothing
we can do about it now, so there’s no sense
fussing.’”
How does this quote from Mae make sense with
what we know about her/her personality?
What do we learn about Winnie’s
hopes
…
…and fears
in Chapter 14?
Chapter 14
“‛You resting easy, child?’”
“‛I know it ain’t very happy for you here….’”
“‛I guess we don’t know how to do with visitors. But still and all, it’s a good
feeling….’”
“‛…if you want something, will you holler?’”
“‛I’m just in the next room – I’d be out here like a shot.’”
“You think on it, Winnie Foster….’”
How does the Tucks’ dialect/conversational voice
affect your perception of them?
Chapter 13 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 14 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 15
Read to find out what lie(s) the man in
the yellow suit tells the Fosters.
How does this advance
the plot?
Chapter 15
What is the importance of this chapter to the
novel?
Chapter 15
How would your understanding of the story at this
point be different if it were written from only
Winnie’s point of view (a limited point of view),
rather than from an omniscient point of view?
Chapter 15 – The Missing Scene
With a small group, write/act out the
conversation that Winnie’s parents and
grandmother might have had after the man in
the yellow suit left their house.
Chapter 15 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 16
courteous (kʉrt′·ē·əs)
courteous (kʉrt′·ē·əs)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: polite
Example: The staff members who worked at the fancy hotel were very courteous to
their guests when they spoke.
Ask: What is an antonym of “courteous”?
Related word:
courtesy (noun)
Chapter 16
Read to find out what the constable is like and how he
creates tension for the man in the yellow suit.
Chapter 16 –
Otherwise known as…?
Quiz Time!
Chapters 9-16
Chapter 17
Read to find out why Miles didn’t have his
own family drink from the spring.
Overcrowded?
“It’d be nice,” [Winnie] said, “if nothing ever had to die.”
“Well, now, I don’t know,” said Miles. “If you think on it, you come to
see there’d be so many creatures, including people, we’d all be squeezed in
right up next to each other before long.”
Winnie squinted at her fishing line and tried to picture a teeming
world. “Mmm,” she said, “yes, I guess you’re right.”
Overcrowded?
Read an excerpt from the book, The Population Explosion.
Is overcrowding a real issue in today’s world?
How do the ideas presented in
The Population Explosion connect with the ideas shared
by Tuck and Miles?
“…it’s something you don’t find out how you feel until afterwards…. ‘Cause they
wouldn’t know till after, and then it’d be too late.”
-Tuck
“It’d be nice,” [Winnie] said, “if nothing ever had to die.”
“Well, now, I don’t know,” said Miles. “If you think on it, you come to
see there’d be so many creatures, including people, we’d all be squeezed in
right up next to each other before long.”
How well do you know the Tucks?
Complete the “What are the Tucks’
Takes on Everlasting Life?” activity.
Chapter 17 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 18
survey (sər·vā′)
survey (sər·vā′)
Part of speech: Verb
Definition: to look at/consider the whole
Example: The teacher surveyed the class to see who was still working on their
assignment.
Ask: What might a ship’s captain be looking for if he were surveying the ocean?
Related words:
• survey (noun)
• surveyor (noun)
contented (kən·tent′·id)
contented (kən·tent′·id)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: satisfied, happy with how things are
Example: Ricardo had a contented smile on his face after his performance in the
school play.
Ask: How is contented different from elated?
Related words:
• content (same meaning)
• contentedly (adverb)
Chapter 18
Read to find out what spoils the
happy mood at the Tucks’ house.
Chapter 18 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 19
As you read this chapter, gather more clues
about why the music box has been important to
the plot of the story.
Why has the music box been important to the plot of
the story?
It has helped tie together Mae, Winnie, and the man in the
yellow suit. It has helped solve problems (like comforting Winnie)
but has also created problems (like drawing the attention of the
man in the yellow suit).
•“No connection, you would agree. But things can come together in strange ways.”
•Mae packed the music box, the one pretty thing she owned, when she went to meet the boys –
never went anywhere without it
•… a faint, surprising wisp of music came floating near Winnie, her grandmother, and the man in
the yellow suit … elf music… you’ve heard it before? … the man in the yellow suit whistled the
melody as he left
•Mae played music to get Winnie to stop crying – “It was like a ribbon tying [Winnie] to familiar
things.” – not elf music – no one who owned such a thing could be too disagreeable.
•The man in the yellow suit took his grandmother a music box – reminded her of a family she
once knew – “It was a clue.” - “… two evenings ago, I heard that music box.”
Why is Chapter 19 important to the story?
Chapter 19 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 20
envious (en′·vē·əs)
envious (en′·vē·əs)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: jealous
Example: Tamaria was envious of her friend who was going out with the cutest boy in
the sixth grade.
Ask: Have you ever been envious of someone?
Related word:
envy (noun)
Chapter 20
Read to find out why Winnie and the
Tucks are so concerned about the
consequences of what Mae did.
Chapter 20 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 21
Read to find out about what it’s like
for Winnie after she goes home.
Chapter 21 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 22
Read to find out Jesse’s and Winnie’s
plans.
What’s the Purpose of the Hyperbole?
It was the hottest day yet, so heavy
that the slightest exertion brought on a
flood of perspiration, an exhaustion in
the joints.
Purpose of Repetition
At the beginning of the book in Chapter 3, Winnie said to the toad, “I’m not
exactly sure what I’d do, you know, but something interesting – something
that’s all mine. Something that would make some kind of difference in the
world.”
In Chapter 22, it says, “Winnie clutched the little bottle in her hands and tried to
control the rising excitement that made her breath catch. At midnight she
would make a difference in the world.”
Why does the author mention the same idea about
Winnie’s making a difference in the world – once at
the beginning of the book and again toward the
end?
Chapter 22 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapters 23 & 24
exultant (eg·zult′·'nt)
exultant (eg·zult′·'nt)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: very happy and proud
Example: Cody and his friends were exultant when the Mavericks won the
championship.
Ask: Is there a difference between feeling elated and feeling exulant ?
Related words:
• exult (verb)
• exultation (noun)
Chapters 23 & 24
As you read, pay attention to how the changing
weather reflects the events in the story.
“Then – a flash of lightning and, soon
after, a crack of thunder….. Again a flash
of lightning, and this time a crashing
burst of noise from the swirling sky.”
“The storm was moving nearer. “
“Outside, the night seemed poised on
tiptoe, waiting, waiting, holding its
breath for the storm.”
“Outside, the wind had stopped.
Everything, it seemed, was
waiting.”
“…there was a wind beginning, small
gusts that rattled the fence gate and set
the trees to rustling. The smell of rain
hung sweet in the air.”
“But later… the sky was changing. The
air was noticeably heavier. It pressed on
Winnie’s chest and made her breathing
difficult.”
“It was the longest day: mindlessly hot,
unspeakably hot, too hot to move or even
think…. You could not shut it out.”
“And then the first drop of
rain plopped precisely on
the tip of [Winnie’s] nose.”
“When the thunder came, it
tore the sky apart with its
roar, and as it came, she
pulled herself through, and
dropped to the cot inside,
unharmed.”
“The next obliging roll of
thunder saw [the window
frame] wedged once more
into place.”
“Rain came in sheets now, riding
the wind, flung crosswise
through the night. Lightning
crackled, a brilliant, jagged
streak, and thunder rattled the
little building. The tension in the
parched earth eased and
vanished. Winnie felt it go. “
What’s the Purpose of the Hyperbole?
It was the longest day: mindlessly hot,
unspeakably hot, too hot to move or
even think. (p. 89)
Purpose of Repetition
The thunder ebbed. Winnie’s heart sank. What if it was all
impossible? What if the window would never come out? What if . . . She
looked over her shoulder at the dark shape of the gallows, and shuddered.
Again a flash of lightning, and this time a crashing burst of noise from
the swirling sky. Miles yanked. The window frame sprang free, and still
grasping it by the bars, he tumbled backward off the box. The job was done.
Two arms appeared in the hole left by the missing frame. Mae! Her
head appeared. It was too dark to see her face. The window – what if it was
too small for her to squeeze through? What if . . . But now her shoulders
were out . . . . Mae was free.
Chapters 23 & 24 –
Otherwise known as…?
Chapter 25
accomplice (ə·käm′·plis)
accomplice (ə·käm′·plis)
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: a person who helps someone commit a crime
Example: The robber’s accomplice drove the get-away car.
Ask: Do you think an accomplice is as guilty as the “main criminal”?
Related words:
• accomplish
• complicit
wistful (wist′·fəl)
wistful (wist′·fəl)
Part of speech: Adjective
Definition: sad because you want something and know you cannot have it
Example: As Kandice looked back over the pictures from her vacation last year, she
felt wistful.
Ask: Is wistful more or less sad than melancholy?
Related words:
• wistfulness (noun)
• wistfully (adverb)
revulsion (ri·vul′·shən)
revulsion (ri·vul′·shən)
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: a strong feeling of disgust or disapproval
Example: Nancy was filled with revulsion when her brother help up the slimy frog.
Ask: What is an antonym for “revulsion”?
Related word:
revulsive (adjective)
Chapter 25
The toad returns! Read to find out
why.
Warning:
Prepare for flashforwards and
flashbacks!
Flash-forward (p. 97)
Which words/phrases indicate that the story has “flashed forward” in time
since the end of the last chapter?
The first week of August was long over. And now, though autumn was
still some weeks away, there was a feeling that the year had begun its downward
arc, that the wheel was turning again, slowly now, but soon to go faster, turning
once more in its changeless sweep of change. Winnie, standing at the fence in
front of the touch-me-not cottage, could hear the new note in the voices of the
birds. Whole clouds of them lifted, chattering, into the sky above the wood, and
then settled, only to lift again. Across the road, goldenrod was coming into bloom.
And an early-drying milkweed had opened its rough pod, exposing a host of
downy-headed seeds. As she watch, one of these detached itself into a sudden
breeze and sailed sedately off, while others leaned from the pod as if to observe
its departure.
Winnie dropped down cross-legged on the grass. Two weeks had gone
by since the night of the storm, the night of Mae Tuck’s escape. And Mae had not
been found…. It had been a trying two weeks.
Flash-forward (p. 97)
Which words/phrases indicate that the story has “flashed forward” in time
since the end of the last chapter?
The first week of August was long over. And now, though autumn
was still some weeks away, there was a feeling that the year had begun its
downward arc, that the wheel was turning again, slowly now, but soon to go
faster, turning once more in its changeless sweep of change. Winnie, standing at
the fence in front of the touch-me-not cottage, could hear the new note in the
voices of the birds. Whole clouds of them lifted, chattering, into the sky above
the wood, and then settled, only to lift again. Across the road, goldenrod was
coming into bloom. And an early-drying milkweed had opened its rough pod,
exposing a host of downy-headed seeds. As she watch, one of these detached
itself into a sudden breeze and sailed sedately off, while others leaned from the
pod as if to observe its departure.
Winnie dropped down cross-legged on the grass. Two weeks had
gone by since the night of the storm, the night of Mae Tuck’s escape. And
Mae had not been found…. It had been a trying two weeks.
Flashback (pp. 97-98)
How can you tell that Winnie’s thoughts have
“flashed back” to what happened the first week in
August?
•“For the hundredth time she reviewed it all: how the constable had come
into the cell soon after she had settled herself on the cot; how he had let
down a shutter over the window to keep out the rain; how, then, he had
stood over her as she hunched under the blanket...; how, finally, he had
gone away and not come back till morning.
•But oh! – it made her tremble still to remember the constable’s face when
he found her.
Flashback (pp. 97-98)
How can you tell that Winnie’s thoughts have
“flashed back” to what happened the first week in
August?
•“For the hundredth time she reviewed it all: how the constable had
come into the cell soon after she had settled herself on the cot; how he
had let down a shutter over the window to keep out the rain; how, then, he
had stood over her as she hunched under the blanket...; how, finally, he
had gone away and not come back till morning.
•But oh! – it made her tremble still to remember the constable’s face
when he found her.
Flashback (pp. 97-98)
What is the purpose of this flashback? (How does
it help the reader?)
•“For the hundredth time she reviewed it all: how the constable had
come into the cell soon after she had settled herself on the cot; how he
had let down a shutter over the window to keep out the rain; how, then, he
had stood over her as she hunched under the blanket...; how, finally, he
had gone away and not come back till morning.
•But oh! – it made her tremble still to remember the constable’s face
when he found her.
It helps the reader know what happened between the time that the Tucks
escaped and the time that Chapter 25 starts, when Winnie is back at home
later in the year.
Back to the Present! (p. 99)
Which words/phrases indicate that the flashback is over?
Winnie sighed and plucked at the grass around her
ankles. School would open soon. It wouldn’t be so bad.
In fact, she thought as her spirits lifted, this year might be
rather nice.
And then two things happened….
Back to the Present! (p. 99)
Which words/phrases indicate that the flashback is over?
Winnie sighed and plucked at the grass around her ankles. School
would open soon. It wouldn’t be so bad. In fact, she thought as her spirits
lifted, this year might be rather nice.
Not “had sighed” or “had plucked”
Talking about the future
And then two things happened….
Not “had happened”
Chapter 25 –
Otherwise known as…?
Epilogue
Flash forward to find out what happened to Winnie.
Did she drink the water???
Now We Know….
How does Tuck feel about Winnie’s decision not
to drink the water?
• How can you tell?
How does Mae feel about Winnie’s decision?
• How can you tell?
How does Natalie Babbitt use the toad to craft an ironic ending?
Chapter 3
Ironic: Odd
or amusing
because it
is the
opposite of
what is
expected or
meant to
happen
Quiz Time!
(Chapter 17 – Epilogue)
The Novel in a Nutshell
Turning Point – sometimes
also the Climax
Introduction/
Exposition
Resolution/
Denouement
Winnie’s Metamorphosis
Work with a
partner/small
group to
complete the
“Winnie’s
Metamorphosis”
activity.
How does this story address our
darkest fears and greatest hopes?
•How did Winnie’s hopes and fears change
throughout the story?
•What can we learn about our own hopes and
fears from this story?
What do we learn about the real world
and how it should be lived?
What can we learn from Winnie and the other
characters about how to live our lives?
What do we learn about the impact of our
decisions/choices on our lives (the “trades” that
we make)?
•Choose a character from the novel.
•What trades did that character make?
•Are there any trades that you think he/she regrets?
•Which trades affected him/her the most?
•Write a letter or monologue from that character’s point of view, talking
about the trades that they have made and how those trades have affected
their life.