Letters 1-36

After reading the first 36 letters:

 

1. Read the list of features below and add an extra point of your own choice if you like.
    
2. Rank order the features from one to ten, starting with the one that best characterises for you the way in which the novel will continue.
    
3. For your top three features, find evidence from the first 36 letters to support and explain your choices.
    
4. Justify your choice to the rest of the group, making use of the evidence you have found.
    
   This is a novel:
    

• with a strong central character
   
• about the exploitation of women
   
• with a distinctive structure
   
• about family relationships
   
• exploring a racist society
   
• about love and romance
   
• with a particular historical and geographical setting
   
• about religion
   
• containing hope/containing a warning
   
• about power and conflict
   
• in which …………………………….…(not listed above) is important.
   

Feature	Evidence from the text
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