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UNIT 4
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Analyzing Perspectives

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BIG IDEA Character 418
Workshop Focus: Characters in Conflict

GUIDED READING Juan A. A. Sedillo, Gentleman of Río en Medio
Short Story 421

PRACTICE TEXT Flannery O’Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Short Story 423
BIG IDEA Setting 436
Workshop Focus: Mood and Atmosphere

GUIDED READING Jack London, The Law of Life Short Story 438

PRACTICE TEXT William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Short Story 444

BIG IDEA Structure 452
Workshop Focus: Archetypal Patterns

GUIDED READING Sarah Orne Jewett, A White Heron Short Story 456

PRACTICE TEXT Malinda Lo, Red Short Story 465
BIG IDEA Narration 472
Workshop Focus: Narrative Perspective

GUIDED READING Jamaica Kincaid, Girl Short Story 475
PRACTICE TEXT Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies Short Story 476

IDEAS IN LITERATURE 492
Irony and Incongruity 492
Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal Satirical Essay 494

Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron Short Story 501

Clint Smith, Counterfactual Poem 507
Reason and Order 511
Alexander Pope, from An Essay on Criticism Poem 513

Colson Whitehead, from The Nickel Boys (Chapter 7) Chapter 516

Anton Chekhov, The Bet Short Story 527

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