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Assignment: In the novel Little Fires Everywhere, Izzy becomes fascinated by Mia.

Question 1: Are you or have you ever been fascinated or drawn to another human being because they exhibited qualities you liked? Maybe a family member, a friend, neighbor, teacher, coworker boss, significant other, celebrity, politician, athlete?

Question 2: The debate over the fate of May Ling/Mirabelle is multilayered and heartbreaking. Who do you think should raise her? Provide specific evidence from the text to support your argument.

Question 3: Choose a prominent character from Little Fires Everywhere Chapters 10-15 to profile based on the assigned reading. Basic Background Statistics:
3.1. What is the name, age, and hometown of the character you've chosen?

3.2. What is their socioeconomic level and occupation if they have one?

3.3. What are their intellectual/personality attributes and attitudes?

3.4. What are is their educational background, intelligence Level, and learning Experiences?

3.5. How does this character see himself/herself? How does this character believe he/she is perceived by others?

3.6. How self-confident is the character? Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? What would most embarrass this character?

3.7. What is the character's greatest flaw? What is the character's best quality?

3.8. Emotional Characteristics
a. Introvert or Extrovert? How does the character deal with anger? With conflict? With change? With loss/grief?
b. What does the character want out of life? What would the character like to change in his/her life?
c. What motivates this character? What frightens this character?

3.9. What makes this character happy?

3.10. Is this character able to connect with others? Explain why or why not; use examples.

Question 4: Please choose 4 different quotations from Chapters 10-15 in the novel.

a. Passage: Select passages that engage you and that you find significant for some reason. You can also do for passages that seem ambiguous, that confuse or puzzle you.

b. Response: Explain why you think the passage is significant.

c. - What does the passage tell us about the characters (their feelings and motivations), plot (the action of what's happening), or setting (time and place)?
- For ambiguous passages, explain why were you were drawn to it or what you think the passage's ambiguities might mean. This is a great way to have a conversation with yourself about the book, break it down, and ponder aspects of the text you find confusing, mysterious, or complex.
- Lastly, list a question, if you have one, about your passage.