Nerve

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Nerve

take notes!

Do not trust summaries that you can find online. Make a summary of every chapter yourself. Keep in mind what kind of questions we could ask. We love details and differences between book and movie. Yes, there is a movie and your teacher watched it too!  

prologue

What should be in your summary?

• book starts on  a Sunday. 23 days have passed. She flies her house in a panic. she mentions the game and Watchers.
• main character is Abigail
• she is hunted by Watchers because she hasn't made herself available for the fans of the game. The organisers threatened her. she cannot trust anyone or anything  (note in magazine)
• one man follows her into the park and finds her (when she hides in a  rhodondendron)
• He takes a picture
• He takes something else from his pocket ..........

example question.
Why is Abigail afraid?

1. The organisers have threatened her that there are consequences of the choices she made
2. The Watchers want to touch her
3. The organisers of the game are angry that she did not finish the game.
4. The other players in the game have been given the assignments to hunt for Abigail.

think!

What do you think the man took from his pocket?

• his phone?
• a gun?
• ????

what did he take from his pocket?

prologue

Why do you think the writer started with a prologue? The girl in the prologue is Abigail and in the book the main character is Vee.

Why did Jeanne Ryan start with a prologue, do you think?

chapter 1

Take notes!

What kind of person is Vee? 

Who/What makes her join Nerve?