Literary Analysis Draft

Literary Works (choose one):

"Piropo" (Leticia del Toro, 2011) [ch.5]

Guiding Questions:

1. What types of conflicts are revealed between the narrator and the other workers? Between the narrator and their employers? (Cultural? Familial? Economic? Others?)

2. The first-person narrator comments on how a woman in the story dresses and acts. How does this relate to the conflicts in the story?

3. How could you address the narrator's internal conflict ("individual v. self") in terms of political,familial, and social conflicts in the story?

"A Worn Path" (Eudora Welty, 1941) [ch.6]

Guiding Questions:

1. The main character makes a difficult journey in the story. This reveals some of her values and commitments, such as her love for a relative. How does this commitment influence the way she copes with other conflicts in the story?

2. Does Phoenix act differently around other people than she does with animals and nature? What does this reveal about Phoenix's sense of herself in the world?

3. How do the other characters in the story influence Phoenix's behavior, and what does this reveal about Phoenix's horticultural status?

"What You Pawn, I Will Redeem" (Sherman Alexie, 2003) [ch.4]

Guiding Questions:

1. How does the grandmother's property at the pawnshop help to determine the narrator's desires and felling of obligation to recover it? Why is it so important?

2. How does the character accomplish his objective? How is this surprising, considering all of the unfortunate events and bad decisions he has made?

3. How do some of the other characters-the pawn shop owner, the waitress, the police officer, and the other Native Americans, for example-play an important role in showing the narrator's good heart and his commitment to an important mission?