The Arrival Discussion Questions - Chapter 1
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The document contains discussion questions about the first chapter of Shaun Tan's graphic novel "The Arrival", asking the reader to infer details about the setting, characters, and plot based on images on various pages. It asks about a family living in a home, their actions as the man prepares to leave and the woman feels uneasy, what a young girl sees, where the people are going, whether the family is safe, why the man gives his daughter a bird as a gift, why the woman cries, and how the family members feel about not all being able to board a train.
The Arrival Discussion Questions - Chapter 1
- 1. Discussion Questions for Shaun Tan’s The Arrival - Chapter 1 The pages are not numbered in this book, but Chapter I begins on the fifth page Page 5 Based on what you see on this page, what can you tell about the setting of this scene? Who lives in this home? What do the tings shown on this page tell us about the people living in this home? Page 6 What is the man doing? Page 7 How does the woman feel about what the man is doing? Can you find the objects from page 5 in this panel? Page 8 (panel 5) What is the girl looking at? Where are the people going? Page 9 Do you think the family is safe or in danger? What do you see that supports that opinion? Page 12 Why does the man give his daughter the bird? Page 13 (panel 4) Why is the woman crying? (panel 6) What do you think the man is saying to the woman? Page 14 How do you think the woman and the girl feel now? What are some reasons why the whole family didn’t get on the train? Version 1.0 www.makingvisualnarratives.com