Peace Like a River Lesson Plan

Davy’s trial, Christmas dinner, chicken and dumplings in the Airstream, the food they eat with August Shultz, and the meal they eat when they first arrive at Roxanna’s. What, beyond satisfying hunger, do meals/food mean to the Lands?

We learn early on that the Land family meals often have unwelcome guests, such as Lurvy crashing Swede’s birthday or Andreeson interrupting their Airstream meal. But outside of their own home (whether it’s their house or their trailer), meals mean something different. These meals are meals of friendship… In a region where no one seems particularly wealthy, the Shultzes, DeCuellar, and Roxanna are very generous with their food, and mealtimes...