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This will be 1 short answer and 2 essays

Short Answer 1.
1. Who wrote the following lines and what is the author discussing? What does the last sentence mean?: “Someone in the group, sensing my state of mind, apologized for the evil night, but I recall thinking even if this were one of those warmly scented and passionate evenings for which Paris is celebrated I would respond like the zombie I had become. The weather of depression is unmodulated, its light a brownout.”

Essay 1.
One may see strong ties between Oatess famous story, Where are you going, where are you from? and Gavin de Beckers  The Gift of Fear. In the short story, does Connie fear Arnold Friend?  If so, how does she express it? Give examples. The suggestion from Gladwells Blink is that one should often go with ones gut feeling. How does that relate to Oatess story?  Respond to these questions in essay form and give examples from Oates, Becker, and Gladwell to support your assertions. 

Essay 2.
Language has its limitations. One could argue that the articulation of the experience of Happiness is much neglected in the language of fictional narratives. One exception is Willa Cathers Neighbor Rosicky.”  In your essay, address the notion of happiness in this story. Show examples of the experience of happiness and explain your examples and their contexts. Then connect these ideas to the summaries provided in 50 Classics of the works of Burns and of Gilbert on the nature of happiness.

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