What point is author making by giving them a central place

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Question 1: Langston Hughes' short story: Christ and the church play a significant role in "On the Road." What point is the author making by giving them both a central place in the story? How do both relate to and affect the reader's understanding of the story's theme?

Question 2: E. Pauline Johnson's short story: We have been saying in this course that titles can often have significance in terms of how they help us better understand a story's treatment of its themes or presentation of its characters. With this in mind, explain as clearly as you can why Johnson's story is titled "A Red Girl's Reasoning." (Remember to include an explanation of what exactly the "red girl's"-that is, Christie's-reasoning is.)

Question 3: Kate Chopin's short story: Would you say that Mrs. Mallard in "The Story of an Hour" is a victim? Or, would you say that she is a woman who exercises her own agency*? Explain your thinking by referencing relevant examples/details in the story, and related resources.

*Agency: the ability to act or perform in ways that allow for the expression of personal power and make it possible to recognize and resist oppressive structures and systems.

Question 4: Olive Senior's short story: What, do you think, is the nature of the crisis/crises explored and experienced in "The Two Grandmothers"? Do you agree or disagree that the girl narrator experiences this crisis/these crises? Explain your reasoning by pointing to evidence in the story and referencing relevant sources.

Question 5: Eden Robinson's short story: As we have been seeing with the short stories on our course, how a story gets told affects what the reader learns about the characters as well as how the reader responds to those characters. So, who tells the story in "Queen of the North, and how does the narrator tell the story? How do the choices that the narrator makes about how the story gets told affect your response to the main character and the issues faced by the main character?

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