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Write a well-organized, effectively developed, 3-5-page analysis of one of the short stories we read in this course, except for “The Story of an Hour.†The paper should critically analyze the way the text engages a significant social issue or how the story addresses issues or problems of social responsibility. You should anchor the paper’s argument with a clearly articulated thesis statement and use careful analysis of textual evidence (from the short story) to support your claim (thesis). As you develop your essay, you should think about how the social issue, or matter of social responsibility you write about, appears in your world. In other words, is the issue from the story one that might be observed in your own local community, your state, your nation, or in the larger world? Is the way the issue is portrayed in the story similar to what you observe in your world? Comment briefly on the similarities and/or differences
