Choose one of the following prompts or a combination of them. Write a 250-word response. Remember to quote and cite from the stories in your responses and add an end Works Cited as well.
1. Compare and contrast the roles of the male and female characters in the 3 stories. Look at what the characters, do, say, think, or feel. What do they mean? What do they represent? How are these characters similar to people in society (today or in the past, in the US or in other countries)? (You can apply feminist lens, naturalist lens, or reader-response lens; your choice.)