One of the topics for the project that interested me most was to relate the readings to the period in which it was written or how the work revealed the cultural behavior contemporary to it. I believe this would be a fun topic to research because it would make the reading more understandable and I could see how society at the time influenced the writing.
Another topic that I found to be interesting was to research how the author's background influenced his or her work. I remember in one of my previous English classes I had to do something similar and I found it to be very interesting. Usually some event happened to the author growing up and it influenced their writing later on in life. Authors most often express their feelings and emotions throughout their literature and this topic would be a way to find out what influenced their feelings.
The third topic I found interesting that I would consider writing about was exploring the relationship between elements of the reading, such as the characters personalities and the setting of the story. There is most often a strong relationship between the two and understanding the setting of the story will help to better understand the characters personality. The setting of a story can make or break the story so it will be very interesting to see how it affects the relationship of the character(s) within the text.
The last topic that caught my attention was to compare and contrast elements of two different texts. I thought this was pretty straight forward and I will keep this as a backup if I struggle with the other topics I have mentioned above. I am sure that as I get deeper into the semester I will start to notice similarities and differences between characters in the texts. There will also be many shared themes, so I could also compare/contrast how the theme was presented in the stories.
-Patrick
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