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aCTIvITy aCTIvITy 2.3
Utopian Ideals
and dystopian reality
X.X
continued
my Notes
2. Key Ideas and Details: Why is the punishment for removing weight from the “handicap bag” so harsh? Find textual evidence to support your answer.
3. Key Ideas and Details: According to this society, what are the things that make George and his son and people like the ballerinas so dangerous? Cite textual evidence to support your inference.
4. Craft and Structure: How does the author use parallel structure for effect in paragraph 51? In paragraph 53?
5. Craft and Structure: Examine the author’s choice of verbs to describe the actions of Harrison and the ballerina in motion. What is the intended effect?
6. Key Ideas and Details: How is the story’s theme reflected in the conversation between Hazel and George that concludes the story?
7. Key Idea and Details: Summarize what happens in this story.
Working from the Text
8. Complete the following chart, citing evidence from the text.
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