If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will discuss the Lost Generation and the place Miller inhabits within its cohort.
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Students will examine Paris as a city of literature and art, especially in the early-to-mid 20th century.
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Students will analyze Miller's writing both on the merits of its prose and the role the unreliable narrator plays throughout the novel.
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Students will research and learn about the novel's censorship in the United States, as well as related cases.