How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Forster argues that every time a character goes on a journey, that journey is really a quest. The quest, he says is never really about its stated goal, but instead is a bout "self knowledge." In Sherman Alexie's short story, "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" what is Jackson's stated quest? What is his true quest? What self knowledge does he attain?

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Settings can often be symbolic. External details can be symbols for internal emotional states. What role does setting play in Joyce Carol Oates's short story "Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?" Consider two different settings in the story, the ways they operate symbolically, and how these settings connect to the overall work.

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Length: 4 pages, MLA style (12 pt., Times New Roman, Double Spaced)

Use textual evidence to thoroughly support your argument (specific details and exs from the text, direct quotes
from the text)
Clear organization (thesis statement that answers the problem directly, topic sentences that support the thesis
statement)
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