- Why is Chapter 19 called "Unfairness, and What to Do About It"?
- How do you feel about the way Doon has been treated?
- Why do you think Chugger gave Doon the job of cleaning the fountain?
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The People of Sparks |
Activities for
19. Unfairness, and What to Do About It |
Audio Length Approximately - 21 minutes
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Vocabulary Words of the Day
plague -
To pester or annoy persistently or incessantly; badger; bother; harass; troublepage 220 - It was the first time Doon had seen that Tick, too, suffered from the bites and scrapes that plagued the rest of them.
injustice
pages 219, 220 - The unfairness of
it, the tremendous injustice, felt like a stone in his heart.
This is an injustice all of us feel.
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scrawled page 214
basin page 215
muck page 215
barbarian page 218
sludge page 218
wrenched page 224
puttering page 228
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Discussion
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Lina sees the city for the
first time in Chapter 20. The city is nothing like she imagines it will be.
She senses the destruction and says it is no more than a "ghost of a city".
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At the end of Chapter 20 Maddy
shows a lot of wisdom in her comments. Pages 227-228 "Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning," Maddy said. "If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction." "Reverse the direction?" "Yes, turn it around." "How would you do that?" "You'd do something good," said Maddy. "Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad." "But how could you?" said Lina. "When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?" "You wouldn't want to," Maddy said. "That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad."
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