As the selections you have read in this unit show, people are shaped by their individual life experiences. People make choices, some of which are mistakes, but they often learn and grow from
their experiences. Choose two selections from this unit and think about the main character or the
narrator in each one. What does the main character or narrator value most, and how do the characters’
experiences shape or even change their values? Write a literary analysis that shows how personal
experience can change people for better or sometimes for worse.