Justice R. answered • 05/03/20
Child Development Student & Writer Teaching to Multiple Intelligences
As you're brainstorming, you might find yourself flipping through the book to answer these questions. Whenever you do answer a question, jot down the page number on which you found your answer. That's how you'll know which specific scenes to consider as support later.
With a question like this, here's how I would start to brainstorm:
1. To find examples of scenes, I would suggest thinking about climactic moments in the story (moments that stand out emotionally, or in which something major happens), as well as the moment he died. In these scenes, look at each adult present. What are they choosing to do? What could they do differently?
2. What killed Paul?
3. Did any adults directly choose to cause the things that lead to his death? If so, whom? Any time someone takes an action, try asking: "What could they have done instead?"
4. Did any adults indirectly fail to prevent his death? For example, could any of the adults have tried to stop others from making bad choices?
I know this is bulky, but I wanted to give you as much as I could in a comment, since it's a one-time comment and not a two-way conversation. Try reading all the steps above first, to get an idea of your goal, and then to answer them one question at a time.
If you'd like to work the problem together step-by-step, I can have the material read in time for a short tutoring session to work through the problem. If not, I hope that this helps map out your thinking in clear, achievable steps. Let me know if I can be any more help, whether in a comment here or a tutoring session!
