Flying Colours | 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.

Chapters 1 and 2 Abstract

* Captain Horatio Hornblower is in a Spanish prison, has been sentenced to death in absentia, and is to be transported to Paris shortly.
* Two thirds of the crew of the HMS Sutherland are killed or wounded and the survivors are also in the prison.
* Hornblower frets...
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