31 Eve's Diary // Due the week of May 4, 2015

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Read Eve's Diary by Mark Twain and answer the following question in about 1 page total:

• What do you think Twain's purpose in writing this story was:

• To inform about some concept (psychological? historical?) that he found important?
• To entertain with just a funny, interesting story?
• To persuade us to believe a certain way?

• Support your opinion of what the purpose was with several different quotations from the story and explain each quotation.

30 A Dark Brown Dog // Due the week of April 28, 2015

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This week, read A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane and answer both of the following questions in about 1 page total:

1. How does Crane create a sense of sympathy for the dog? What language does he use to accomplish this?
2. Do you think the dog might be symbolic of a person or group of people from history or real life? Who might he symbolize? Why do think so? 

29 The New Dress // Due the week of April 21, 2015

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Read the story "The New Dress" by Virginia Woolf and answer at least one of the questions below in at least .5-1 page.

• The New Dress
• Questions:
• Is Mabel a likable, relatable character to you? Why or why not? Do you think Woolf wanted her to be? Why or why not? Provide evidence (quotations) from the text to back up your opinion. 
• Does Mabel change over the course of the story? Why or why not? Provide evidence (quotations) from the text to back up your opinion. 

28 Homework // Due the week of April 13, 2015

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MONDAY:
Write 2 more pages to your novel.

TUESDAY:

• Read the short story "A Rose for Emily" and answer one of the two questions below in at least 1/2 page.
• A Rose for Emily online free
• Question:
• This story is told by "we": who do you imagine this narrator (or narrators) to be? Young or old? Male or female? Both? What is their attitude toward Emily? How is this represented by their calling her "Miss Emily"? What do they remember about her? How does this shape your attitude toward her? Do you find yourself sympathizing with her situation as the center of the town's attention (and gossip)? 
• Do you think there is a theme (lesson, moral)  to this story? If so, what do you think it is?If not, or either way, what is Faulkner's purpose in writing the story? Why? Give evidence from the story.