Due today at 10:30pm

FICTION-UNIT ESSAY

Choose One Story:

“A Rose for Emily,” “Soldier’s Home,” OR “A & P”

Choose Three Types of Readers (including yourself):

Using Wally’s essay as a model, consider, along with yourself, two possible audiences who belong to two different categories. These categories could be readers from different genders, sexual orientation, age groups, dis/abilities, level of poverty or wealth, marital statuses, races, national backgrounds?

Some Things You Should Look Out for when Reading these Stories.

• The publication date. • The sexual orientation of Homer Baron in “A Rose for Emily.” • The Southern Setting of “A Rose for Emily” • The fate of Toby in “A Rose for Emily” • The war experience of the soldier. • The dating expectations of the soldier. • The soldier’s relation with his mother • The Midwest setting of “The Soldier’s Home.” • The possibility that the soldier has PTSD. • In “A & P” Sammy’s economic status. • Sammy’s attitude toward women. • The point of view of the grown-up Sammy.