Reflect on the questions below and answer them as SPECIFICALLY as possible. Your work here will prepare you to participate in our discussion next class. Note that the entire reading response should be between 300-500 words total (not including the questions), though the upper limit is not absolute. Copy and paste your work directly into the moodle webpage. 1. What is the CHARACTERIZATION of either Margot OR Robert? Identify TWO aspects of her or his personality (speech, actions, thoughts in the case of Margot), which contributes to how the relationship unfolds/unravels. Quote or briefly summarize the evidence, and then analyze it, using a literary term. 2. TEXTING plays an important role in how Margot and Robert’s relationship develops. What is one way that it complicates (or eases?) communication? Quote the relevant evidence, and then analyze it in depth, using a literary term if possible. 3. PICK A or B A. Thinking about how CHARACTERIZATION intersects with PLOT: why does the relationship play out the way that it does? What is a factor besides texting that complicates communication/understanding between Margot and Robert? Cite a piece of evidence and analyze it. B. Roxane Gay’s “Not Here to Make Friends” examines the popular expectation that fictional characters be “likeable” role models, especially girl and women characters. What is an alternative to this expectation? If fictional characters don’t have to be role models, what other purposes might they serve for us, as readers, particularly the unlikeable ones?