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Lesson 1 (from Chapter One, Light)
Objective
Chapter One, Light
At the beginning of the novel, the reader meets Jack, who seems to be stuck remembering his past and disappointed with the present. As the novel opens, he is in his nineties, but he remembers the time in his life when he was a young adult. Jack is clearly the protagonist in the novel. The objective of this lesson is to learn about the protagonist in The Memory of Old Jack.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How do you know that Jack is the protagonist right from the beginning of the novel? What makes Jack the protagonist? Come up with a working definition of protagonist.
Group Lists: In small groups, list all of the things that the reader learns about Jack in the the first chapter of The Memory of Old Jack. Feel free to refer to the novel to refresh your memory as you...
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