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Pp. 55 - 58

· The following version of this short story was used to create this lesson plan: Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa. "A Meeting in the Dark." Secret Lives and Other Stories. 1st Ed. Heinemann Education Books, 1975. Pp. 55-70.

· “A Meeting in the Dark,” begins on page 55.

· The story begins with a description of John’s father.

· John stands in the doorway of his hut and watches his father “frail but energetic” (55), walking down the village street.

· John’s father holds a bag containing a Bible and hymnbook.

· The narrator notes that John’s father made his mother stop telling John stories once he became a preacher.

· John fears his father and warns his mother that his father is on his way home.

· John feels nervous when his father calls him to stop and sit.

· John wonders if his father has somehow found out what he has been hiding from...

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