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Part I (Chapters 1 - 4)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Jones, Saeed. How We Fight For Our Lives. Simon and Schuster, New York, 2019.

• This book is written from the first person point of view and in the past tense, but the Prelude is a poem written by Jones in the present tense.

• In the Prelude, Jones includes a poem of his titled Elegy with Grown Folks' Music.

• The poem is about Jones' mother, who dances unaware of anyone watching her.

• In the poem, Jones's mother is like a young girl again, with box braids, someone he can not fully know despite the fact that she is his mother.

• In Part One, Jones begins the section with a quote from David Mura about being drawn to your own feelings even if you do not know exactly what they are.

• Chapter 1 takes place...

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