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Contents
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An Introduction to Ideas in Literature viii
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UNIT 1
Reading Literally and Figuratively
BIG IDEA Character 4
Workshop Focus: Characterization
GUIDED READING Shirley Jackson, Charles Short Story 7
PRACTICE TEXT Stephen King, Here There Be Tygers Short Story 11
BIG IDEA Setting 16
Workshop Focus: Time and Place
GUIDED READING Alice Walker, The Flowers Short Story 19
PRACTICE TEXT Jesse Stuart, Another April Short Story 21
BIG IDEA Structure 28
Workshop Focus: Plot
GUIDED READING Roald Dahl, The Landlady Short Story 30
PRACTICE TEXT King James Bible, Luke 15:11–32, The Parable
of the Prodigal Son Parable 37
BIG IDEA Narration 40
Workshop Focus: Point of View
GUIDED READING Gary Soto, The Pie Memoir 42
PRACTICE TEXT Toni Morrison, Sweetness Short Story 44
IDEAS IN LITERATURE 50
Courage and Fate 50
Anonymous, The Seafarer Narrative Poem 52
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysse s Poem 56
Frank Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger Short Story 60
Faith and Doubt 66
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Tale Poem 68
Washington Irving, The Devil and Tom Walker Short Story 75
Charles Johnson, Exchange Value Short Story 85
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