The Widening Gyre | 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.

Chapter 1-2 Abstract

* Spenser is sitting in his Boston apartment drinking whiskey when a man called Farrell enters. He wants to hire Spenser as a bodyguard for Senator Meade Alexander.
* Farrell tells Spenser that Alexander has been receiving death threats and will pay Spenser a lot of money if he protects him. Spenser...
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