The Country of the Blind 	

Comprehension 1: trivia
What is the name of the main character? _____________
What is his job? _____________________________
What language do they speak? _________________
What does he first notice that makes him think the people in the valley are blind? ______________________________
What is the old saying that he remembers? ________________________________________
What is the name of the girl he falls in love with? ___________________________________

Comprehension 2: essential 
Why are the people in the valley blind?
When does the main character arrive in the valley?
Why does he come to the valley?
What is his intention when he realizes where he is?
Why does he fail?
Why does he agree to have his eyes removed?
What does he decide in the end?
‘In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king,’ is a proverb. Proverbs always give an example of a more general truth. What is the general truth behind this proverb?

Discussion
Who do you sympathize with more, Nunez or the blind people? Why?
The story is considered to contain a number of more general ideas about people and society. What do you think these might be?

Reviewing the story: grammar and vocabulary	

The story is talking about / about a man who accidentally falls / fell into a valley inhabited by blind people
The story was happened / is set / is take place in the mountains of South America
Nunez is / was/ had been a mountaineer leading an expedition.
The people are / were blind because of a disease which came / had come / comes  to the valley hundreds of years earlier.
Nunez tries / is trying / was trying / had tried to prove that he was / is / has been superior to the blind people because he has / had  sight.
In the end we don’t know / didn’t know whether he escapes / has escaped from the valley
The main character / hero / role / person is a mountaineer
A main topic/ theme / subject is how society overcomes disabilities
The story can be seen as an allegory / fable / metaphor / simile of society's treatment of those with special abilities or advanced intellect.
The story is quick / high speed / fast-paced
The reaction of the blind people to Nunez is credible / realistic / lifelike  
The romance between Nunez and Medina is moving / tear-jerker / sob story / broken hearted

Answers	

The story is about a man who accidentally falls into a valley inhabited by blind people
The story is set in the mountains of South America
Nunez is a mountaineer leading an expedition.
The people are blind because of a disease which came to the valley hundreds of years earlier.
Nunez tries to prove that he is superior to the blind people because he has sight.
In the end we don’t know whether he escapes from the valley
The main character is a mountaineer
A main theme is how society overcomes disabilities
The story can be seen as an allegory of society's treatment of those with special abilities or advanced intellect.
The story is fast-paced
The reaction of the blind people to Nunez is credible 
The romance between Nunez and Medina is moving