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Front Matter and Chapters One through Six

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Akbar, Kaveh. Martyr! Knopf, 2024.

· Following a dedication and an epigraph, a section titled “Cyrus Shams” begins with a character of the same name contemplating his situation and a seeming revelation.

· The circumstances of the revelation and their contrast with other, more notable instances of revelation, are related.

· Presented with the revelation and lying amid his filth, Cyrus must make a choice.

· Chapter One begins with Cyrus preparing for work, his job described in some detail.

· The need for Cyrus’s job is also noted as he goes through several cycles of work, as is his being suited to the same.

· Also noted is the discomfort Zee has with Cyrus’s work: “Zee made a little face, then said, ‘It just doesn’t seem healthy, Cyrus’” (10).

· Cyrus considers what...

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