Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW 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.

Chapter One Abstract

* The author of the story, James N. Rowe, is stationed at Tan Phu in an effort to coordinate communication between Tan Phu and Camau.
* Rowe learns that there's to be an operation in which forces from the camp are to go to Le Coeur to drive out Vietcong forces. (read more)