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"Words" - "Efo"

• NOTE: Citations in this Lesson Plan refer to the following version of the book: Braithwaite, Oyinkan. My Sister, the Serial Killer. Doubleday, 2018. Kindle edition.

• My Sister, the Serial Killer is a satirical thriller set in Lagos, Nigeria.

• The novel is comprised of 76 brief chapters, each named in reference to events or characters in the chapter.

• The narrative is related from the first-person perspective of the novel’s protagonist, Korede. With the exception of a few flashbacks to Korede’s childhood, the story is related in the present tense.

• The first chapter, “Words,” plunges the reader directly into the story with only two sentences comprising the chapter: “Ayoola summons me with these words—Korede, I killed him. I had hoped I would never hear those words again” (19).

• In “Bleach,” Korede describes her arrival at a recently remodeled apartment where she scrubs blood from the bathroom, noting...

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