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Introduction and Part I: Border

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Luiselli, Valeria. Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions. 2017. Coffee House Press, E-book.

• On page 1, the Introduction begins.

• The introduction is written by Jon Lee Anderson and it is dated January, 2017.

• The introduction to the essay acts as a review of the text, ending with the statement, “This is a profoundly moving book, one that, with its modest hundred pages and simple, teasing title, presents itself as a mere story guided by forty questions” (3) while in reality, it is so much more.

• Anderson tells the reader that the essay contains themes such as "the nature of family," "childhood," "community," "national identity," and "belonging" (1-3).

• Part I: Border begins on page 7.

• Valeria Luiselli begins the essay by asking, “Why did you come to the United States?” (7).

• She then states...

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