If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will be able to make critical and analytical observations about the prose style, allusions, point of view, and metaphors used in the novel.
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Students will be able to interrogate the social and cultural assumptions of both the text and the characters.
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Students will be able to identify and think critically about the novel's themes.
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Students will be able to put the novel within the context of literary and cultural presentations of selfhood.