Silence 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.

Prologue Abstract

* A missionary from Portugal named Christovao Ferreira has reportedly apostatized following grueling torture and is now missing in Japan.
* One of his final letters to the Church in Rome details the extreme measures that the Japanese authorities are taking against Japanese Christians.

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Chapter One Abstract

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