Without Remorse | 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.

Chapters 1-3 Abstract

* John Kelly is supervising a dive team that is getting ready to set off some explosives, and he talks about his red seal tattoo. Later his wife dies in a car crash on her way to get him.
* At the same time, a colonel named Zacharias and his partner have...
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