Soul on Ice | 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.

Letters from Prison, On Becoming Abstract

* In June 18 1954, Eldridge Cleaver began a sentence in Folsom Prison for possession of marijuana.
* In prison, Cleaver became aware of his position as a "black in white America." He says he and other blacks were suddenly against everything that America represented.

Letters from Prison,...
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