After reading this week's lesson, Victory, you know understand that author's often have deeper meanings within their stories, no matter how long they may be. Instead of following the prompt at the end of the lesson slides, do the assignment below. Choose one this week's stories and draft a 3 paragraph response on the following questions:

What is the surface, or literal, meaning of the story?

What is the deeper, or figurative, meaning of the story?

Why did you choose this particular story to analyze, and why does it have significant meaning to you?

Which literary approach focuses primarily on the dynamics of power in a text?

“dènouement” is another word for the of a plot.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?