Card #1: Background & Protagonist

* The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds

* Set in the deep South in a very strict religious community; cult-like

* Main character: Ninah Huff

    *14 years old; grandpa Herman is the pastor at the church of fire

      and brimstone; narrator of the story; forced to wear long skirts

      and grow her hair long; best friend is a boy named James

    *Ninah has always been taught to obey; feels conflicted about her 

     religion and its restrictions and harsh punishments; transitions 

     from obedient to stubborn throughout the narrative

Card #2: Summary

* Exposition: Fire and Brimstone rules and restrictions; Ninah's 

  family; school experience

* Rising Action: prayer sessions; romance with James; Corinthian  

   Lovell (punishment); Ajita Patel; pregnant with Canaan

* Climax: James commits suicide

* Falling Action: Canaan is treated like a messiah because of "praying hands"; Ninah rebels; dunking punishment

* Resolution: Ninah snips Canaan's hands apart; Grandpa Herman 

  loses sanity

Card #3: Favorite passages

pg. 17 - Illustrates the difference between child-like believability and gained knowledge in adolescence/adulthood. 

pg. 247 - True morality; people who label themselves as "good" and "moral" often act immoral or cruel to others without realizing it.

Card #4: Literary Analysis

Repetition

pg. 171 

"I wondered..."

"I imagined..."

*Dramatic effect because Ninah is thinking about anything she can to distract herself from feeling anguish over the loss of James; parallels earlier delusion over pregnancy.