The Adventures of Augie March Lesson Plan

Describe the feeling of reading this novel. How do you make sense of all the detail in the prose, of the long digressions in the paragraphs? What is the effect of this writing style? What does it reveal about Augie as a character?

In part, this question will let students rant about the exhaustive feeling of reading the novel. But they should connect these references to a sense of insecurity on Augie's part. He wants to impress his reader by overwhelming them, but readers may rightly note that this show of intelligence is not the same thing as being an impressive person.

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