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Front Matter and Part 1: The Early Sixties

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Adichie, Chimamanda. Half of a Yellow Sun. Ebook. New York, Anchor, 2006.

· A dedication to the author’s grandparents and to one Mellitus opens the book, followed by an epigraph from Chinua Achebe’s “Mango Seedling,” “Today I see it still— / Dry, wire-thin in sun and dust of dry months— / Headstone on tiny debris of passionate courage” (1).

· Chapter 1 in the main text opens with Ugwu rehearsing his aunty’s comments regarding her employer and musing on his disbelief of them as he prepares for a life away from his old village.

· His progress is described, along with his aunty, as he accompanies her.

· More admonitions from Ugwu’s aunty follow as they are admitted to the residence of their employer, and Ugwu’s aunty introduces him.

· The facility and...

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