How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed 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.

Introduction: The Trivial is Political and Chapter 1: You Can't Drink Your Coffee Alone Abstract

* In 1991, Slavenka flew to London and reflected on the effects of Communism.
* War had broken out, only a year after the first free election.
* Communist thinking continued to dominate everyone's way of...
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