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Page 1: Five Ways To Kill A Man

Five Ways to Kill a ManBy Edwin Brooks

Pic from Flickr – loupiote

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Pre-readingAre people under more stress today than say, five years ago? What makes todays society difficult to live in?

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Post Reading Questions1. Identify the time and event referred to in the first

four stanzas.2. What is the fifth way of killing a man? What does

the author mean by this?3. What picture of human beings emerges in the

poem?4. What does the poem say about the survival of the

human race?5. Do you consider the poem to be realistic or

pessimistic in tone? Explain.

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Response Journals1. Tell about some of the values and

experiences that make life worth living.

2. Are you optimistic about the future? Why or why not?