The Marrow Thieves Lesson Plan

Considering Miig’s point that people will do anything for survival, do you think it’s reasonable to take Native bone marrow to give back to others their ability to dream? Why or why not?

While most student responses will say no outright, answers should still be fairly complex. Great responses will consider what Miig said about how people will do anything to survive, including “good” people. Readers learn in Miig’s second Story that people go mad when they lose the ability to dream. As such, dreaming is necessary for survival. Upon discovering that they could get their ability to dream back from taking Native bone marrow, taking it becomes a matter of survival then,...