Reader’s Response

Textbook: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. 11th ed. Eds. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Pearson Longman

Meaningful Title
Use present tense in discussing literature

“The Yellow Wallpaper”- CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN p. 436
“Shiloh”-Bobbie Ann Mason P. 569
“The Story of an Hour”-Kate Chopin p. 516

Though these stories are quite different in terms of setting and circumstance, there is a similarity of theme developed in the thoughts and actions of the female protagonists. Discuss this commonality of theme and how it is developed in each story