Running Blind | 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 1-5 Abstract

* Jack Reacher involuntarily becomes the center of an FBI investigation into the murders of former Army personnel.
* An FBI profiler believes a man like Reacher is the killer and that it is Reacher's job to set things right.
* While Reacher waits in an Italian restaurant for his girlfriend...
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