Daily Lessons for Teaching You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daily Lessons for Teaching You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Lesson 1 (from Pp. 13-28)

Objective

Pp. 13-28

Chinaski is the poet-narrator in all the poems, beginning with "1813-1883," which discusses his writing habits in Los Angeles while a storm rages. In "Red Mercedes" Chinaski is angry when a man in a nice car cuts him off when he enters the race track. This prompts him to pound on the man's door, after which the driver's girlfriend passes him a gun. In "Working It Out," Chinaski scoffs at the idiocy he sees in the world. This lesson will examine Chinaski as a narrator and character in the poems.

Lesson

1) Class Discussion: Why is it significant that Bukowski introduces Chinaski as a writer working during a raging storm? What literary elements are used in this case? What effect does this introduction have on the reader and why?

2) Journal Entry: Chinaski is a character who gets angry easily. His road rage causes him to...

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