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Prologue - The Orphan

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Oates, Joyce Carol. Blonde: A Novel. Harper Collins, 2000.

· In the Prologue, S\someone dies on the night of August 3rd, 1962.

· "Special Delivery" begins.

· The protagonist of the novel (Norma Jeane) first went to the movies with her mother at two or three years old.

· Norma Jeane would spend the rest of her childhood returning to this movie and the comfort it gave her.

· "The Kiss" begins.

· On Norma Jeane’s sixth birthday, June 1, 1932, she reunited with her mother, Gladys.

· Gladys lived in West Hollywood and worked at The Studio, the largest production company in Hollywood, as a contract employee.

· Gladys had been largely absent from Norma Jeane’s life, but now was taking her to her residence in West Hollywood to celebrate her birthday.

· Also on the wall was a portrait...

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