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Section 1: "Ghoul" pages 1-18

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Saunders, George. "Ghoul." The New Yorker, November 9, 2020. Online.

• The story is told in the first person by Brian, a "Squatting Ghoul" (2).

• When the story opens, Layla is wheeling over a "Vat of Lunch," and the narrator is allowed a temporary break from appearing scary as he leans against a "plastiform wall meant to resemble human entrails" (2).

• Leonard, the senior Squatting Ghoul, is sitting on a plastiform Remorseful Demon, asking why the old are not served first.

• Brian tells him "Grieve on, foul beast," and is backed up by his friend Tim, a Feuding Ghoul (2).

• Lunch is a bowl of broth with a single Kit Kat in it.

• The following morning, Brian's Break Week begins.

• Brian and the others who are eligible for a break are moved via tram from their workhouse...

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