Respond to the following prompts with 1-2 paragraphs. 3. Analyze what Prose writes, “Great novels can help us master the all-too-rare skill of tolerating —of being able to hold in mind — ambiguity and contradiction” (para. 37).
Select a novel you know well, and explain the “ambiguity and contradiction” at its heart.

4. Return to the suggested high school reading lists. Are there differences in quality as well as quantity? Are any of the books Prose discusses included on them? Do the books appeal to boys as well as girls? Is their opportunity for choice?
Write an analysis of theses lists from Prose’s point of view.