I: Mentor
• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Greenwell, Garth. Cleanness. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2020. E-book.
• Part I, "Mentor" begins on page 3.
• The unnamed narrator is supposed to meet G. at a fountain outside of the McDonald’s in Slaveykov Square in Sofia, Bulgaria.
• It is December.
• The unnamed narrator teaches English and G. is one of his 12th grade students.
• G. asked to meet with the unnamed narrator, but he is late.
• Finally, G. arrives and leads the unnamed narrator to a cafe.
• It is revealed that the unnamed narrator is originally from the Southern United States.
• He lives and teaches in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he has been for two years.
• The unnamed narrator notes that G. is “beautiful” (4).
• They begin to discuss topics to do with college entrance, but the topic is soon wrung dry like a “cloth,” (5) since...
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