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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-7)
Objective
Students will investigate Finkel’s purpose in using an epigraph to begin The Stranger in the Woods and will make predictions about its possible connection to the thematic messages within the text.
The epigraph Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods is a quote by Socrates circa 425 B.C. that reads, ”How many things there are that I do not want,” (2) thereby introducing many of the text’s major themes such as renunciation, the destructive nature of desire, and the rejection of worldly interests. Students will study the author's use of an epigraph to open the text and will see how doing so can illuminate the text's meaning, even if they have only just begun to read the work in question.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Why might an author begin a book or a chapter with a quote from a different literary work...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3, 9-10.7, 11-12.3, 11-12.7
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