![]() ![]() The narrator is not revealed, but it can be determined that it is third-person omniscient since both Susan’s actions and feelings are revealed to the reader. ![]() The organization is easy to follow and leads the reader through the story. The structure of the text is familiar and linear. The reader can easily determine the main idea of the story. For example, the text contains short phrases such as, “Susan laughs, Susan sings.” There is very limited use of figurative language or poetic devices the only one being a simple rhyme. The levels and meaning and purpose and single in meaning and explicitly stated. ![]() Lexile Level: AD110L (Usually an adult will read this to a child) Īccording to Fisher and Frey’s Qualitative Measures of text Complexity Rubric, this book would be considered a text that is comfortable and builds background, fluency, and skills. It is not revealed until the last page of the book that Susan is in a wheelchair. When reading the story, the reader can identify with many of the things that Susan does she is a normal active child. ![]() The story shows all the wonderful things Susan can do, and shares all the different emotions that she feels. Susan Laughs is a short story that praises children and people with physical disabilities. ![]()
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Others, like Clay, Rose’s father, are forced to confront unpleasant truths: “He couldn’t bear admitting what sort of man he was when tested.” Some, like Rose, a 13-year-old girl on vacation with her family, find themselves unexpectedly and innately prepared for hardship they are resilient, even brave. The novel’s six principal characters, all stuck together in a house due to an unknown national crisis, handle these questions in their own ways. What kind of prejudices do you, liberal you, hold quietly in your heart? And 3. ![]() THE CHARACTERS IN Rumaan Alam’s ominous new novel, Leave the World Behind, directly grapple with a series of important existential questions: 1. ![]() |