Foundation's Edge | 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 1-2 Abstract

* In Chapter 1, Golan Trevize and Munn Li Compor are conversing outside the Executive Council, with Trevize intending to deny that the Seldon Plan has averted a Galactic crisis.
* Seldon's holograph too conveniently backs Mayor Harla Branno's decision to keep the capital on Terminus, and she forbids doubt or criticism....
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