In a well developed and supported essay,
respond to the following prompt:
Through
setting,
how is culture exemplified in one of the stories below?
“Everyday Use”
“A & P”
“Barn Burning”
“The Things They Carried”
Ste
ps to get you started once you have identified one of the stories:
Ø
Identify
and describe
the
setting
. You will need to use 2
–
3 direct quotes from the
text to support your description. The quotes must be cited.
Ø
Next, analyze this s
etting by making connecti
ons
between the setting and the
culture.
Use analysis in the di
scussion of setting and culture. I
n other words,
how
and
why
does setting drive the culture depicted in the story? Are the characters
impacted by the culture?
If so, in what ways
? Use 2
–
3 addit
ional quotes and
paraphrase in your analysis. In order to discuss culture, you may need to do some
minimal outside research.