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Part One

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos. We Cast a Shadow. E-book, One World, 2019.

· After the epigraph, Chapter 1 of the novel begins with the narrator denying the need of his name and noting his phantom existence amid an annual party for his office.

· The narrator notes the venue of the party—“Octavia Whitmore’s mansion on the Avenue of Streetcars” (3)—and the honor of being invited, as well as the surprise of being told to appear in costume.

· The narrator’s costume—he is dressed as a Roman centurion—is described in some detail and contrasted with those of his associates, Franklin (dressed as a server) and Riley (dressed as a prison inmate).

· The stakes for the three—narrator, Franklin, and Riley—are noted: promotion and bonus.

· The narrator notes the expected expense of a treatment for...

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