1.

Describe how the tiny town of Chewandswallow appears to

be a “perfect” or “ideal” society.

2. What seems dangerous about the citizens handing over

most of their power to the whims of the weather? What are
the potential problems with this power dynamic?

3. Who are the different groups of citizens impacted by the

weather in the town? How were they benefiting to start?
Struggling as things moved along?

4. The citizens were forced to flee their homes in order to

survive and were able to rebuild. What would have happened
if they couldn’t escape?

5. To the citizens of Chewandswallow, this was a utopian

world. This particular utopia failed, but is it possible for other
utopia’s to succeed? Where did this one go wrong?

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 WRITTEN RESPONSE:
Imagine that you have the power to craft your own
“perfect” or “ideal” world. What would that look like?
What would it have? Once you’ve conceptualized
that world, what might the potential problems be?
Where could your “ideal” ideas take a turn for the
worse?

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