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Narration Prompt
Summarize the chapter and identify the central tension.
Discussion Questions
- Eugenia's reasoning is the structural opposite of Officer Tomilello's. Plato in Republic VIII describes the tyrannical soul as one that has stopped listening and converts disagreement into hostility. Is Kate DiCamillo writing a Platonic portrait in comic miniature?
- Eugenia exhibits confirmation bias across both books — she fits every new event into her existing belief that Mercy is bad. Is the writer staging confirmation bias for the young reader as a kind of moral inoculation?
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