Either from your own reading or from the list on the left, choose a work of fiction in which there are characters whose values and/or perspectives differ. Write a thesis statement that you might use for an essay that analyzes how the interaction between the characters contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Write a paragraph in support of your thesis that uses at least one piece of evidence from the text. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.