Nate the Great and the Lost List — Chapter 1

Narration Prompt

Summarize the chapter and identify the central tension.

Discussion Questions

1. Nate's hard-boiled voice does not change on vacation. Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics II distinguishes habit from settled character. Is Nate's voice character in the Aristotelian sense, or is Sharmat simply maintaining a stylistic register for serial recognition?
2. Sharmat treats Claude — a man who is always losing things — with affection rather than mockery. The distinction between the two is the basic test of how a writer treats secondary characters. Is Sharmat passing the test?

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