Cal Lesson Plan

How does MacLaverty draw a moral distinction between Cal and the other characters in today's reading? How does good, moral Cal cope with a life lived in a constant state of unease?

In this chapter, we are shown the relationship between the individual and the society to which he belongs. In many ways, Cal is a young man with a virtuous character. This is shown in the scene at the soccer match, when Cal goes to help up a drunken man. In this episode, a distinction is drawn between the kindheartedness of Cal and the cold and militant Skeffington. Yet we see how the social situation in which Cal lives has started to harden the boy and sparked a violent impulse that may...