1) Choose one of the short stories prepared for you this week and, using the guidance from the textbook section, write about 2 characters using the questions in the section on character (1 paragraph for each character).
2) Choose one of the short stories that you read for this week. Write about the point of view in the text and what it reveals about the rest of the piece. In what ways is this point of view limited? (1 paragraph)
3) In the textbook section file on page 1214, it states that, “…Even when what we read is entirely fictional, we nevertheless learn about real life”. What is one aspect of ‘real life’ that relates to one of the short stories you read this week? What did you learn from the text about the world and how people interact with one another? (1 paragraph).
4) Write one question or comment you have about one of the short stories you read for this week.
Introduction to Reading Literature, Plot, Character, Point of View–From Literature, A Portable Anthology.pdf (mhu.edu)
https://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_219.pdf
https://sites.middlebury.edu/individualandthesociety/files/2019/09/jackson_lottery.pdf
https://harpers.org/archive/1973/04/everyday-use/
