RELATING LITERATURE TO SOCIAL ISSUES

Why is it important to consider the speaker when connecting it to a specific social issue?

• The speaker always tells the complete truth about everything.

• The speaker’s main job is to entertain the readers with funny stories.

• The speaker’s background and perspective can shape how social issues are presented.

• The speaker’s personal opinions are never relevant to social issues

How does the mood of a story help us understand related social issues?

• Mood makes the story more exciting, even if the social issues are boring

• Mood creates an emotional feeling that can highlight the impact of the social issue.

• Mood always provides a happy ending to the social issues in the story.

• Mood is only about the weather in the story and does not relate to social issues.

What is the role of theme when relating literature to social issues?

• Theme is just a summary pf the plot and has nothing to do with real life

• Theme is only important for understanding what the author liked or disliked.

• Theme is a hidden code that only experts can understand.

• Theme is the main message or idea that

  can offer insights to into social issues.

If a story shows characters being treated unfairly because of their social class, which social issue is most likely being explored or showed?

• Environmental pollution

• Social inequality

• Technological advancement

• Animal right

Reading a story about a group of people fighting for their rights can help us:

• Decide who is always right and who is always wrong in social debates.

• Learn how to avoid conflicts in our own lives.

• Understand the struggles and motivations behind real-world social movements

• Forget our own problems by focusing on fictional characters.