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01: Initiation

- The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Vandermeer, Jeff. Annihilation: A Novel. Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2014. First Edition Paperback.

- This novel is written in the first person past tense, with occasional present tense commentary.

- Chapter 01: "Initiation" begins on page 3.

- The narrator of the novel is an unnamed biologist.

- She is a member of an all-women expedition made up of an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist, and a linguist.

- None of the women are named. They are only referred to as their titles throughout the text.

- This is the 12th expedition into Area X.

- The psychologist is the oldest member of the group, and she is also the leader of the group.

- The mission of this expedition is to "continue the government's investigation into the mysteries of Area X" (4).

- The team is...

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