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Chapters 1 - 4
• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Roxane Gay, An Untamed State. Black Cat, 2014.
• This chapter is written in the first person past tense, and narrated by the protagonist.
• The protagonist was kidnapped and held captive for 13 days.
• On the day she was kidnapped, it was hot.
• She was going to the beach with her husband, Michael, and her son, Christophe.
• The family left the gated home of the protagonist’s parents, and were surrounded by three black Land Cruisers the moment the gates closed.
• Two men appeared and slammed the butts of their rifles against the car windows.
• Michael and the narrator were pulled apart.
• The narrator was thrown to the ground and kicked in the stomach, while Michael was hit in the face by another man.
• The men put a burlap sack over the narrator’s head and...
This section contains 8,668 words (approx. 29 pages at 300 words per page) |
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