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In what ways do you use disguise as a high school student?

dis·guise (dĭs-gīz′)

1. "To modify the manner or appearance of (a person, for example) in order to prevent recognition."

2. "To conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; misrepresent: disguise one's true intentions."

In what way is comedy a disguise?

In what ways have we seen the characters use disguise in the the story so far?

Disguise in Literature

Disguise in the Story:

1. Get with a partner and choose a character from the list on the board.

2. Erase the character's name that you've chosen.

3. Develop a list of at least three instances when your character used a disguise to his advantage.

4. We will reconvene and discuss as a large group in 10 minutes.

Racism and Disguise

- Fenimore Cooper uses comedy to address

major issues

- violence as a means of problem solving

- racism

- Wisdom and Knowledge

"I see nothing, nor do I hear the sounds of man or beast; 'tis strange that an Indian should understand white sounds better than a man who, his very enemies will own, has no cross in his blood, although he may have lived with the red skins long enough to be suspected!"

- To what does the author attribute the skills Native Americans have?

- How is this mentality prejudice?

Where do you get your skills? As a hobbyist? An athlete?

"Her complexion was not brown, but it rather appeared charged with the color of the rich blood, that seemed ready to burst its bounds. And yet there was neither coarseness nor want of shadowing in a countenance that was exquisitely regular, and dignified and surpassingly beautiful."

- This is description we hear in chapter 15. Now that we know Cora is part black, do how do you interpret this passage?

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