The Three-Body Problem Lesson Plan

What factors might cause a person to want to join the Earth-Trisolaran Organization? Can you think of a reason why you would want to join an organization like that?

Students may struggle to place themselves in the shoes of the ETO's members, but they don't necessarily have to in order to answer this question. As Ye Wenjie reveals during her monologues, much of the membership of the ETO comes from the "highly educated classes" – that is to say, the stratum of people who think they possess a deeper understanding of the dark side of humanity and feel upset enough to want to do something about it. Additionally, as the death of the nuclear-armed woman in the previous section...