How does your identity impact the way you experience literature? Directions: Think about each of the following aspects of your identity. Then, consider how this aspect of your identity impacts your interaction with a text. There are NO wrong answers. Just think. DO NOT USE THE INTERNET.

Race

Socio-Economic Class

Gender

Another Aspect of your Identity:

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.