Follow the close reading handout and identify at least three-four passages that you believe have a relationship to each other in your observations of the story.

It is okay and, in fact, good if putting these passages together requires you to make nuanced comparisons or reconcile contradictions across the passages.

Based on your close observations of these passages, make an argument about how you see these passages as connected in the short story. You will want to focus on how one or more literary devices–such as tone, character analysis, symbolism, or point of view– contribute to your chosen story’s overall meaning.

Your essay should analyze both content and form in your chosen short story.