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Section 1: Preface - Chapter 4

The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Sotomayor, Sonia. My Beloved World. Vintage Books, 2013. Paper Back Print.

- The memoir opens with a Preface.

- Sotomayor sets the stage for the upcoming memoir in the preface.

- She speaks about the questions that she has been asked at different speaking engagements that inspired her to write her memoir.

- She also explains why she selected a memoir as the genre.

- She wants to make sure no one is offended or hurt that she left them out of the story but reminds people that memory is personal and subjective.

Prologue:

- The prologue of the book opens with a very young Sonia overhearing a fight between her mother, Celina, and her father, Juli.

- Her parents are fighting over the fact that Juli needs to learn how to...

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