The Thing Around Your Neck Lesson Plan

In "Cell One", what is your reaction to the narrator throwing a rock at her parents' car? What is the tone of this passage, and what clues does the narrator give (or refrain from giving) about her internal emotional state? What is the effect of Adichie's storytelling here?

The narrator describes some frustration with her brother's casual, performative attitude, but because Adichie does not give any emotional build-up to the rock-throwing incident, it comes somewhat out of the blue. But rather than a simple tantrum, it is the reflection of years of feeling invisible, watching her mother favor her brother. Since she was very young, the narrator has learned to erase...