Demonstrate your understanding of novel themes by applying them to everyday life. 1. Choose one of the following essential questions to write a blog response to, from the choices below: Choice 1: What is the significance of a text’s themes to our everyday lives, personal knowledge, and experience? Consider the following: When we watch movies, listen to songs, read short stories or poems, what messages do we carry away from these texts? How do these messages influence us in what we know and the experiences we set out to have? How are we shaped by text? Choice 2: How are my views about myself and the world around me influenced by text? Consider the following: How do various texts share perspectives (personal, cultural, moral)? How will understanding personal, moral, ethical, or cultural perspectives of characters or people in various texts benefit you?
