1. Using the Psychoanalytic Criticism perspective, in combination with indirect characterization, describe Jeremy from “The Love of My Life”
2. Describe, in detail, the form and style used in “Girl” by J. Kincaid and explain how the form and style compliment the overall theme of the work.
3. Using the Feminist Criticism perspective and textual evidence to support your answer, identify a common theme amongst Kate Chopin’s works and argue how the theme of “Story of an Hour” could possible also be argued from New Historicism perspective.
4. Discuss why a summary is not an appropriate dominating characteristic of an argumentative essay.
5. In “The Story of an Hour” discuss symbolism and identify an element of symbolism used by Chopin. Discuss the underlying meaning, in terms of the literature, this symbol had on Chopin’s theme
6. Using the Deconstructionist School of Criticism, discuss the moral implications of “Company of Wolves” from a gender specific perspective.
7. After reflecting upon “Hills Like White Elephants” speculate as to what the white elephant was between the protagonist and antagonist of the story and discuss why the Hills were the white elephant between them.
8. Look at the overall language in “The Love of My Life.” Compare Jeremy and China, in terms of characterization, to how they were in the beginning of the story versus how they appeared to readers at the end of the story. 9. Focusing on irony, Kate Chopin “Story of an Hour”, use textual evidence to support why you identify that reading, and analyze how the author uses language to establish irony in the literature. Further, discuss how the irony impacts the overall theme.
