In the transcript, the author discusses the power of diverse stories. How do we understand the world around us? How have the stories you’ve read shaped your understanding of the world and people who are different from you? Are there single stories in your reading, listening, or viewing that you could expand?

that's a lot of reading foo

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the food shivo was saving

first person

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boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.