25 pages • 50 minutes read
A Handful of Dates
Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1964
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Essay Topics
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What are the different ways that religion impacts the meaning of this text? How does religion contribute to or contradict the character's actions in the story?
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How does the narrative engage with the concept of hypocrisy?
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Apply modern critical gender theory to illuminate what “A Handful of Dates” has to say about expressions of masculinity.
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