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Chapters 1 and 2

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Burns, Anna. Milkman. Europa Editions, 2018. Print.

• The book cover depicts a tiny figure running along the shore of a body of water toward factories belching tendrils of smoke, while all around her the sky is emblazoned with the colors of a sunset.

• Note: Characters are named only in the most generic of terms and their monikers are not capitalized.

• In order to remain true to the intentions of the writer Anna Burns, who states in interviews that this choice is in keeping with many of the novel’s themes and messages, this Lesson Plan mimics these textual attributes.

• Chapter 1 begins on page 1.

• After the protagonist makes it briefly clear that she is looking back on this specific period of time from sometime in the future, she quickly drops the reader into the middle...

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