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Chapters 1 - 5

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Varela, Alejandro. The Town of Babylon. Astra House. 2022. Original.

• In Chapter 1, “Sidewalks,” the protagonist, Andrés receives an alumni newsletter inviting him to his high school reunion and, after some hesitation, decides to attend.

• Andrés reflects on the past and worries about the possibility of getting stuck in it, and also wonders about what to wear.

• Andrés describes the location of the Italian restaurant where the reunion is taking place, which is six blocks away from his childhood home in the suburbs.

• Andrés notes that in the suburbs, blocks are a nearly inconsequential unit of measurement, and movement is coordinate-based and measured in time.

• He also describes the lack of sidewalks and the abundance of cars racing to and from the mall.

• Andrés is dressed in a somewhat seductive...

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