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Part I: stay up late, Chapters 1-5

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Sheff, David. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. 2018. Mariner Books, E-book.

• An epigraph is presented prior to the Introduction and also on the title page of each of the five parts of the text.

• The sources of these epigraphs range from a 1921 text about the nature of human violence, to a piece of Kurt Cobain’s suicide note, to lyrics from John Lennon's song “Beautiful Boy.”

• The introduction, which begins on page 1, recounts a moment that will not be returned to again until much later in the novel.

• With the exception of the Introduction, the memoir moves in a linear, chronological fashion, with present tense language throughout.

• The introduction focuses on a party Nic’s family holds for him at the end of his freshman...

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