Flight Behavior Lesson Plan

Referring to the scientists who have to live with the knowledge of creatures doomed to extinction, Dellarobia considers the following:

“She didn’t know how scientists bore such knowledge. People had to manage terrible truths.“

Compare the “terrible truths” scientists bear with the “terrible truths”Dellarobia bears. How might this juxtaposition alter the perspective of one or the other?

Since the beginning of the novel, Dellarobia has had to manage the guilt of her near-adultery. This is her principal “terrible truth.” Existing under the weight of the lie of her made-up vision as well as the fact that she nearly cheated on her husband took a toll on Dellarobia for a...