The Perfect Storm | 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.

Foreword Abstract

* Author Sebastian Junger's intent in writing "The Perfect Storm" is to make it completely factual.
* Any quotes he attributes to recorded interviews with the principal.
* He uses the term, "Perfect Storm" in a meteorological sense, and it is not meant to offend the people who died...
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