"In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly as his disabled left arm." (213)
a) INQUIRY: Why does Part 3, Chapter 1 end with this sentence? How does it work to frame the rest of the chapter?
Group Work
a) What is the structure of this chapter? (How are events ordered? What characters are introduced?) Write it out.
b) Pick one of the supporting characters from this chapter (Char choices: Smith (old woman, 203); Ampleforth, 205; Parsons, 207; starving man, 209; chinless man, 210; O'Brien, 213) and:
1) Come up with an argument as to the char's sig to WS's experience (thesis, please);
2) Make a list of quotations you can use as support; and
3) Consider this char in light of the final sentence of the chapter.
Large Group
Brief informal presentations to class (review thesis statements and discuss as we go)
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