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If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   Students will be able to analyze and interpret the characters' motivations, actions, and internal lives.

2. 2

   Students will be able to trace themes of mortality and suffering throughout the text.

3. 3

   Students will be able to place the characters and their actions within a larger social and literary context.

4. 4

   Students will be able to think critically about the philosophical ideas explored in the novel.