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Chapters 1-4

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Mengestu, Dinaw. Someone Like Us. Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. Kindle E-Book.

· In the novel, the first-person narrator, Mamush, switches between the past and present and frequently uses flashbacks as he relates his story.

· Some sections of the novel are also imaginary scenes where Mamush struggles to make sense of his life and events that have happened in his life.

· In Part 1, Chapter 1, he explains that he learned his father, Samuel, died two days before Christmas when Mamush arrived at his mother’s house from Paris.

· His mother lives in a Virginia suburb 20 miles south of Washington, DC.

· Mamush had not seen Samuel for five years.

· Mamush is visiting America.

· His wife, Hannah, and son were to come, but they stayed in Paris, where they all live.

· Mamush has known for years that Samuel was...

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