Ficciones | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius Abstract

* A group of friends is discussing mirrors when someone mentions a quote about the country of Uqbar.
* The group searches for the reference to Uqbar in the encyclopedia, but cannot find it.
* The man who made reference to Uqbar...
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