ANTICIPATION GUIDE
for today’s reading

Agree or Disagree? Read the following statements. Then on the line provided to the left of each theme, write an “A” if you agree, or a “D” if you disagree. When you have completed the assignment, you will have a chance to explain your answers. Remember, there are no right answers, but you will have to defend your thoughts and opinions.


Before After
a _ 1. It is possible to escape or trick fate.

d _ 2. If we truly know ourselves, nothing bad will ever happen to us.

d _ 3. We should not attempt to justify our actions, good or bad.

a _ 4. Family secrets are best kept as just that – secrets.

d _ 5. If you are in charge, you are allowed to be exempt from consequences.

a _ 6. We should engage ourselves in bettering our community, even if it is ourselves that we must change.

d _ 7. Society answers the sins of the parents on the heads of the children.

d _ 8. All types of pride are evil.