"Sonny's Blues"

Of the socially bookmarked fiction readings, choose one, to write which form of literary criticism (terms found on the Learning Activities page) might work well to unlock more meaning:

"Sonny's Blues"
"Interpreter of Maladies"
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
"Good Country People"
In a developed paragraph (of 150-200 words)

-Write the story's title in quotation marks, followed by a : and the critical approach you've selected (Example: "Sonny's Blues": African American Studies)
-Summarize briefly your understanding of the area of criticism.
-Explain how it could be applied to the work in question. While there are better and worse defenses of the criticism choice, there are no right or wrong answers. Any critical approach can be applied to any work.

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