The following passages are brief, but powerful. Come together as a class and discuss the following:
On the first day of school, Ms. Sealand says, “Human beings tell each other stories to try to bring order to chaos.” What do students think this means? How does it apply to this story?
Aaron says to Simcha, “You Americans come over here and join the IDF and think it’s the Wild West. It’s not that simple.” What do you think he meant by that? What does it tell the reader about Aaron? What does it tell the reader about Simcha?