1. In the early part of the semester, you read Hard Times. Choose a character from the novel you read. Discuss how the character grows and changes and what these changes suggest about theme in the work. Use details from the novel to support your ideas. In your response in two or three well-developed paragraphs.

2. In the later part of the semester, you read Siddhartha. Choose a theme from the novel you read. State the theme and explain it in the context of the novel. Then discuss how the theme relates to readers’ lives today. Use details from the novel to support your ideas. Write your response in two or three well-developed paragraphs.

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.

As you progressed through old english texts to middle english to modern english, how did your understanding of the literature change?

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