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===Theme Exploration===
===Theme Exploration===
Identify and explain a theme of the text.
Identify and explain a [[theme]], or a main concern, of the text. First, do some research by finding a couple of strong secondary sources, like chapters in an edited collection (book) or articles in scholarly journals. You might even use the keyword “theme” while searching. Read the articles to get an idea of the themes in the work, and write a paragraph explaining how the theme operates in the text. Be sure you cite your sources correctly: add the source to the “works cited” section using the proper template and use shortened footnotes for in-text citations (see [[Help:Contents]]). For example, see “[[w:Indian Camp#Initiation and fear of death|Indian Camp]],” “[[w:To Build a Fire|To Build a Fire]],” and/or “[[w:The Man Who Studied Yoga|The Man Who Studied Yoga]]” on Wikipedia.


===Symbol/Metaphor Analysis===
===Symbol/Metaphor Analysis===