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Rather than windmills, Ignatius J. Reilly, the hero of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces, battles against modernity. Find out why Professor Walter Isaacson thinks Toole's novel should get viewers' votes to be included in The Great American Read series.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have groups generate a list of modern devices that they feel will lead to the downfall of civilization
Classroom Considerations
- Familiarity with Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote is helpful but not required
- Suggested for grades 6-12 but most appropriate for grades 11 and 12 and college-level readers
- The voting for the Great American Read program has closed
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- Includes discussion questions and a vocabulary list
Cons
- None
Common Core
RL.6.3
RL.8.2
RL.9-10.3
RL.11-12.3
SL.6.4
SL.7.4
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SL.9-10.4
SL.11-12.4
L.6.4.a
L.6.4.c
L.6.4.d
L.6.5.b
L.6.5.c
L.6.6
L.7.4.a
L.7.4.c
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L.7.5.b
L.7.5.c
L.7.6
L.8.4.a
L.8.4.c
L.8.4.d
L.8.5.b
L.8.5.c
L.8.6
L.9-10.4.a
L.9-10.4.c
L.9-10.4.d
L.9-10.6
L.11-12.4.a
L.11-12.4.c
L.11-12.4.d
L.11-12.5.b
L.11-12.6