jhumpa review
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Instructions: Access the link above. Read and annotate Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Third and Final Continent". In at least 200 words, respond completely (and succinctly) to the following questions; then, respond to at least two letters of at least two classmates' posts.
Please use the requisite letters below as you respond.
B. What is/are the author’s message(s) in “The Third and Final Continent”? Explain why you think that is/those are the message(s).
C. What symbolism (symbol-any object, person, place, or action that has its own meaning that also stands for something larger than it does, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value)? What are the symbols, and what does each one represent?
D. What images are present in this text? Image -a verbal representation of a sensory experience or of an object that can be known through one of the senses: Imagery -Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses. 1. Visual imagery-images of sight 2. Olfactory images-images that refer to smell 3. Tactile imagery-images that refer to touch 4. Auditory images-images that refer to sound 5. Gustatory imagery-images that refer to taste 6. Kinetic imagery-images that refer to action. Give at least ONE specific example.
E. What is the meaning of the title? Where in the text do you realize the meaning of the title? What are the three continents referenced in the text? How are the author’s experiences of the three continents similar/different? Specifically, why is the number three significant? Provide specific examples.