Curley's Wife is a very misunderstood character. Her intentions with the men may seem bad on the surface but if you look a little deeper you may find that there is more to her than meets the eye.

Describe a time when you felt misunderstood OR describe a time when you thought someone was one way but once you got to know them, they were actually very different.

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.