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Lesson 1 (from "Prologue: Season's Greetings, December 2008" and "Shorter Way, 1986-1989")

Objective

NOS4A2 is a supernatural thriller by American author Joe Hill (pen name of Joseph Hillstrom King, son of author Stephen King). The Prologue of the novel, titled "Season's Greetings, December 2008" introduces Nurse Thornton at the Supermax prison infirmary as she stops by the long-term care ward with blood for serial killer Charlie Manx. In this lesson, students will identify and analyze the narrative style of the novel and will discuss the characters of Ellen Thornton and Charles Talent Manx in the “Prologue: Season’s Greetings, December 2008.”

Lesson

Class Activity: As a class, define “narrative point of view” in literature and identify the narrative style of NOS4A2 based upon the reading of the “Prologue: Season’s Greetings, December 2008.” Is the story related from a first or third person narrator? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? How would the novel differ if...

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