Assignment
• How the story reveals something about the time in which it was written/published
• How the story connects to ideas about gender as a social or biological construction
• How the story portrays a theme (Biblical themes, how we learn to understand the world, how technology may save us, how technology will undo us, how the world will end) (These are over-simplified, but hopefully you are starting to understand.)
• How the story reveals a universal and timeless characteristic about people
• How the story offers a social or political commentary on [insert specific topic]
• How does the main character change by the end of the story? Is it for better or worse?
• How the author develops a particular character or idea throughout the story
• How symbols and literary devices are used within the story
• What the story says about [insert topic (some common ones are race relations, gender relations, people's fears of technology, people's memories, people's fears of the government, etc.]
4 pages double spaced. 12 point font Times New Roman.
MLA citation.