Research to Explore: Research the origin of the story. Discover information about the home in Buenos Aires that inspired it. (Start by researching the author and then work backwards to identify the house in Buenos Aires that inspired the story.) Give a summary of what you find. "House Taken Over" by Julio Cortázar!

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?