The document summarizes Margaret Atwood's short story "My Life as a Bat" in 5 parts: 1) The narrator believes they were reincarnated from a bat in a previous life. 2) They have nightmares of attacking a man's face. 3) Vampire films are referenced as an "unlikely hero." 4) Bats are described as a potential deadly weapon by being set on fire. 5) The narrator ponders if being human is the interlude and their true purpose is to save and redeem bats. The summary provides the key sections and quotes from the story for each of the 5 summarized parts.

1. REVIEW 2.0
MY LIFE AS A BAT
(ATWOOD) | ASSESSMENT
OCTOBER 18, 2017
PERIODS 2-7
RM. 2147
PADRON

2. STRUCTURE OF THE STORY = 5 PARTS
1.) Reincarnation
2.) Nightmares
3.) Vampire Films
4.) The Bat As A Deadly Weapon
5.) Beauty

3. REINCARNATION
"IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, I WAS A BAT."
(LINE 1, ATWOOD, P. 71, CONNECTIONS, 10TH GRADE)

4. NIGHTMARES
• "I look down at the man's face, the eyes bulging and blue, the
mouth emitting furious noise, rising up like a marine float, sinking
again."
• (Lines 26-29, p. 72, Connections 10th Grade)

5. VAMPIRE FILMS
• "O Dracula, unlikely hero!"
• (Lines 76-79, p. 73 Connections,
10th Grade)

6. THE BAT AS A DEADLY WEAPON
• "That was the plan. Death by flaming bat. The bats too would have
died, of course. Megadeaths."
• (Line 86-89, Connections, 10th Grade)

7. BEAUTY
• "Perhaps it isn't my life as a bat that was the interlude. It is this life...
sent into human form as if on a dangerous mission to save land... redeem
my own folk."
• (Lines 101-102, p. 74, Connections 10th Grade)

8. EXERCISE
Evidence
Analyze
Interpret
Compare & Contrast
Evaluate
Analyze
Using evidence from the story to
support your belief framework for
the 5 components of Atwood's
"My Life As a Bat"