Track B: CLASS and ECONOMICS
· "A&P" by John Updike
· "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
Complete ALL of the assignment choices below.
Thinking About Theme
Please answer the following questions pertaining to two of the selections you read. Please use complete, substantial sentences to answer the questions.
· What do the titles of the works suggest, if anything?
· What is the point of view of each of the texts?
· What themes stand out to you in each work? What elements are present in the works that lead you to select those themes? How do these themes fit the literary movement to which each work belongs?
· Briefly describe the events in America when these works were written. How have these events possibly influenced the writer and his or her work?