The powerpoint serves as a thorough introduction to the novel and opening chapters. It contains key information concerning context and activitities concerned with the first five chapters of the novel. Some key topics covered are listed below:
Context - Edwardian expectations for men, masculinity and emotional repression, trauma theory / the ‘fact fiction’ of the novel - e.g. the real Sassoon and Rivers, shell-shock and common treatments of the time.
Characters - Focus on Sassoon and Rivers' initial interactions, first impressions of characters including Anderson, Prior, Burns, Rivers and Sassoon.
Tasks are varied - questions on each chapter, links to themes, discussion based work etc.
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