There are many different ways to interpret a novel or short story. When we read literature, we do so to learn more about: ï· The human condition ï· The experience of loss and death ï· The structure of power in society and how it is implemented (including the issues that surround race and gender).
sultry. adj, -trier or-triest. 1. (Physical Geography) (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid. 2. characterized by or emitting oppressive heat. 3. displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes.
1. oversubtle, fallacious, or dishonest reasoning; sophistry. 2. the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct. casuistry. 1. the branch of ethics or theology that studies the relation of general ethical principles to particular cases of conduct or conscience. 2. a dishonest or oversubtle application of such principles.