Write an analysis of a key character in a literary work. Focus on two or three key actions of that character. Discuss the character's motivations and decisions in terms you can support with clear evidence from a critical reading of the text. Consider whether this character's actions fit together or contradict each other. You may also want to consider whether or not any other characters in the story are aware of this conflict, and if so, how they influence the character you are writing about
"What You Pawn, I Will Redeem" (Sherman Alexie, 2003)
Guiding Questions
1. How does the grandmother's property at the pawn shop help to define the narrator's desires and feeling of obligation to recover it? Why is it so important?
2. How does the character accomplish his objective, and how is this surprising considering all of the unfortunate events and bad decisions he makes along the way?
3. How do the other characters--the Aleuts, the pawn shop owner, the waitress, the police officer, the other Indians at the bar--each play an important role in showing how the narrator is committed to an important mission he is worthy of completing?
"We Came All the Way from Cuba so You Could Dress Like This?" (Achy Obejas, 1994)
Guiding Questions
1. To what conflicts does the title allude (social? Political? Cultural? others?)?
2. The first-person narrator switches tenses (from present to future). How does this create tension in the story?
3. How is the narrator's internal conflict ("man v. self") merely an internalization of political, familial, and social conflict?
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