Blossoms of the Savannah Lesson Plan

In sacrificing Resian, do you think Ole Kaelo and Mama Milanoi will succeed in keeping their family intact? Or will they fracture nonetheless from the deep pain, shame, guilt, grief, resentment, and/or other overwhelming emotions they stand to experience (or deny)? Between traditional cultural laws and a universal, innate sense of morality, which takes precedence, both for the Kaelo family and generally across Nasila, and why?

To put the Kaelo family’s predicament into a more global context, it may be fruitful to briefly discuss honor killings, forced arranged marriages, estrangement, religious excommunication, and/or other real world examples of a person being cast out...