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Narration Prompt
Summarize the chapter's arc from Fern's kitchen report to the doctor's office. Then name the central tension White develops between understanding a mystery and being at peace with it, and assess whether he resolves it honestly.
Discussion Questions
- Dr. Dorian shifts Mrs. Arable's attention from the words in the web to the web itself. What is he trying to help her see, and why might his way of talking make the mystery easier to live with than to explain? Use his words about who taught the spider to spin to support your answer.
- Mrs. Arable says she dislikes what she cannot understand, while Dr. Dorian declines to let the unexplainable trouble him. Make a claim about which disposition toward mystery is wiser, then test it against the strongest objection to your view. Use their words about understanding to support your answer.
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