The Ugly American | 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, "Lucky, Lucky Lou #1" Abstract

* Louis Sears, the American Ambassador to Sarkhan is angry about a political cartoon about him in the local newspaper
* Ambassador Sears considers the local population to be inferior and he has no interest in learning about them while he awaits appointment as a judge back in...
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