In Week 5, you chose a story and identified a theme. Presumably, you noticed this theme because in some way you connected with it. Maybe you recognize elements of your own life, or those of people you know, or of public figures, in the story’s characters and events. Maybe the theme speaks to your own experience. Even if the story you chose is fictional and set in another time, place, or universe, a powerful literary work should have elements that we can identify as common to our own realities.
For this question, reflect on the theme you chose last week and try to make these connections.
• Does the story remind you of events, people, emotions, or experiences you are familiar with?
• Did you learn anything from the story that could be applied to your own experience? Talk about the connections you feel to the story.
