Free write: How does absence register in our awareness? When we miss something or someone, how do we know that?
When Max notices his curiosity about Rose, it comes through the hot water he misses in his shower, from the outline of light cast from her window at night, from the empty chair at meals.
By what means do you measure what is not there? How is that someone or something known in its absence? Think about the phrase “the room was empty” and think of what an empty room contains that makes us know it as “empty”. Use all your senses. If you closed your eyes, for example, what would tell you about a room and it’s being empty?
Board work: Please respond to the quotes on the board. Think about what they reveal about Max or Daniel or some recurring image/theme in the novel. This is the time to practice some literary analysis.
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