five ways to kill a man
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Five Ways to Kill a ManBy Edwin Brooks
Pic from Flickr – loupiote
Pre-readingAre people under more stress today than say, five years ago? What makes todays society difficult to live in?
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.
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?