The Twilight Zone Companion 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.

Part One: Rod Serling Abstract

* Rod Serling was born on Christmas Day, 1924, to Samuel Serling and Esther Cooper Serling.
* The Serlings had one other son, Robert, who was born seven years prior. The Serlings moved to Binghamton, New York, shortly after Rod's birth, where he lived until he joined the...
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