Study plan
4-Lesson Study Plan: Exit West Opening Chapter
Create a short 4-lesson study plan for the indexed material on the opening chapter of Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, covering plot, characterisation, themes, setting, and literary methods.
Lessons in this plan
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Lesson 1: Establish the opening situation and plot of the chapter
Trace the main events of the opening chapter, including Saeed’s first interaction with Nadia, the background unrest in their city, and the chapter’s shifts between intimate moments and danger.
- 2 Lesson 2: Analyse characterisation of Saeed, Nadia, and Saeed’s family Identify how the chapter builds character through description, dialogue, family history, work, habits, and social behaviour, with close attention to Saeed’s personality, Nadia’s self-presentation, and the values reflected in Saeed’s parents.
- 3 Lesson 3: Explore setting and major themes in the opening chapter Examine how the unnamed city, social class details, domestic spaces, and signs of mounting violence develop themes such as mortality, intimacy, gender, tradition, modernity, and insecurity.
- 4 Lesson 4: Study literary methods and connect them to meaning Analyse Hamid’s narrative methods in the opening chapter, including shifting perspective, juxtaposition, imagery, symbolism, aphoristic statements, and the movement between personal detail and wider social instability.