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Front Matter and I. The Delights of Solitude

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Kushner, Rachel. Creation Lake. Scribner, 2024.

· While sections in the novel are numbered and titled, sub-sections (beginning with strings of capital letters) are not, so this Lesson Plan will assign numbers to them for ease of reading and study.

· Following the dedication and epigraph, I. The Delights of Solitude begins with consideration of Neanderthal mental health.

· Details of Neanderthal physiology are related, and the narrator considers parallels to biker culture and to Joan Crawford.

· More details of Neanderthal physiology are related, as well as phenotypical information and perceived cultural constructions.

· The narrator considers her plans to meet with Pascal the next day.

· The second section of the novel opens on consideration of the situation of Pascal’s subversive group and its relationship to Bruno.

· Some details of Bruno...

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