A&P"
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
"The Lottery"
"The Lady With The Dog"
"The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
"Sonny's Blues"
"Miss Brill"
"A Good Man is Hard to Find"
"The Things They Carried"
"Why I Live at the PO"
For this journal entry, write about two of these stories that either (a) share a theme, which means that both stories essentially make the same point in their own ways or (b) share a topic, but have differing themes, which means they make different points about the same topic. For example, if there are two stories about growing up that seem to make the same point, that would be option (a); if there were two stories that each made a different point about growing up, that would be option (b).
In your journal entry, write about the two stories and their themes. How are they expressed in the story? What other literary elements contribute to the theme (symbol, setting, etc)? What quotes show or emphasize the theme? Is the theme the same as the lesson learned by the main character?