Question 1

Initial Post: Discuss characterization in one of the short stories we read for this week. How is the protagonist revealed and developed?

Question 2

Initial Post: Discuss how conflict, rising action, and climax are established in one of the short stories we read for this week

Parameters

You must make a substantive and thoughtful initial post of 250 words or more to one of the questions, incorporating MLA citation and a Works Cited.

Readings

Meyer, Michael and D. Quentin Miller. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing, 12th ed., Macmillan Learning, 2020.

• “The Flowers” by Alice Walker

• “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner

• “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor

• “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere” by ZZ Packer