1) identify the author, 2) identify the title of the text, 3) provide the approximate date (within 10 years), and 4) write a short paragraph explaining a) how the passage in question relates to the work as a whole, and b) how that work in turn relates to one or more themes shared with other texts we have read. Please be specific. Points will be awarded as follows: 1 point each for author, title,and date; 7for each short answer.  

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