1. Based on the narrator's description of Dee in "Everyday Use," has this character changed from the way she was before she went to college to the way she is during the events described in the story? Why or why not? Be sure to use details from the story to support your argument. (15 points)

2. In "The Nose," Nikolai Gogol comments on the role of a person's title in Russian society. What commentary is Gogol making by repeatedly using the terms "committee-man" and "major" in his narrative? Be sure to use specific details from the story to support your argument. (15 points)

3. In "The Black Cat," the narrator begins the story by speaking directly to the reader. The narrator continues this practice periodically throughout the story. How does the author's use of this structure create mystery in the story? Be sure to use specific details from the story to support your response. (15 points)

(NOTE FROM QUESTION ASKER: please make sure the answers arent to similar to other peoples so the teacher doesnt get suspicious)

Dee has always detested both their home and her existence. Mama said, "I am the way my daughter would wish for me to be, a 100 pounds lighter, my skin like a raw barley pancake." She hated her mother and sister. She continued to be the same even after graduating from college, even going so far as to adopt the African name Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo. She believes that her mother and sister are unable to embrace or take ownership of their ancestry. She is actually acting exactly the opposite. By altering her identity, she stands in for black people who want to identify with the idealized rather than the true Africa. These passages from the story are only a few examples of how Mama lets the reader know how Dee feels and views her own family.

She used to force words, lies, other people's habits, and entire lives upon the two of us while we were stuck and unknowing beneath her voice. She burnt us with a large amount of information we did not exactly need to know and rinsed us in a torrent of fantasy. When we were about to understand, like naive children, she shoved us away with her serious reading style.

"She once assured me in a letter that she would find a way to visit us wherever we choose to reside. However, she won't ever bring her friends.

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