E2: Childhood's End

• Prologue
• Konrad Schneider (briefly explain his importance)
• Reinhold Hoffmann (briefly explain his importance)
• Why does the prologue end with, “The human race was no longer alone” (Clarke 11)? Support and explain.
• Earth and the Overlords
• Stormgren (briefly explain his importance)
• Pieter Van Ryberg (briefly explain his importance)
• Karellen (briefly explain his importance)
• How does Stormgren know that letting him see Karellen was “proof…of Karallen’s affection for him” (Clarke 64)? Support and explain.
• The Golden Age
• Why spend a whole chapter explaining how awesome the world is? Support and explain.
• Jean Morrel (briefly explain his importance)
• George Greggson (briefly explain his importance)
• Rashaverak (briefly explain his importance)
• What are the aliens waiting for? Support and explain.
• Jan Rodricks (briefly explain his importance)
• Why did the Overlords let Jan go? Support and explain.
• The Last Generation
• Why is it so important to the people of Athens to “save something of humanity’s independence, its artistic transitions” (Clarke 140)? Support and explain.
• Jeffrey Greggson (briefly explain his importance)
• Jennifer Ann Greggson (briefly explain his importance)
• What saved Jeff on the beach? Support and explain.
• Why does Rashaverak tell George as much as he does in their conversation in pages 172-177? Support and explain.
• What do you think of Karellen’s speech and the information he gives in chapter 20? Does this change your understanding of the book? Support and explain.
• What was the message of the book? Analytical paragraph response.

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• Introduction
• 2-sentence summary of the book (don’t forget to name that book/story/article)
• Claim/Thesis (short answer to the question/prompt)––Answer + Basic Reasons
• The Body
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• Why does it matter?
• How does it support your answer?
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• Why does it matter?
• How does it support your answer?
• Specific moment or quote from the piece (with line/page number/chapter)
• Why does it matter?
• How does it support your answer?
• Specific moment or quote from the piece (with line/page number/chapter)
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• Conclusion
• What did we learn?
• What do we do with that information?
• Final Thought