The Green Pastures | 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 1, Scene 1 Abstract

* The setting shows that the angels in heaven are having a fish fry.
* Children are in Sunday School taught by preacher Deshee who begins with the first five books of the Bible.
* The story appears to be the Negro ideas about the Bible circa 1920.

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