1.How can you connect the authors life to his/her writing? Are there common issues, concerns? Kafka, Perkins-Gilman, OBrien.2.How can you connect the literary work to its historical context, including its literary context? The Yellow Wallpaper The Things They Carried3.What appears to be motivating the author or character? A Good Man is Hard to Find A Rose for Emily The Things They Carried, The Metamorphosis.