Graded AssignmentSemester Test, Part 2Complete the offline portion of the Semester Test now. Read the question carefully. Answer in the spaceprovided. When you finish, submit it to the teacher. Remember: You need to complete the test by the due dateto receive full credit.Total score: _ of 60 points (Score for Question 1: of 30 points)

1. In the early part of the semester, you read either Hard Times or Pride and Prejudice. Choose a character from
   the novel you read. Discuss how the character grows and changes and what these changes suggest about
   theme in work. Use details from the novel to support your ideas. Write your response in two or three well-
   developed paragraphs.
   Answer:
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   Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine and central character in Pride and Prejudice. Even though she
   makes certain mistakes that cannot be termed heroic, she still remains the focus of the novel. The
   character undergoes major changes and development in her personality and attitudes throughout the
   novel, and it is evident that helps in the development of major themes. She is depicted as a character
   who likes to laugh at situations and people, including herself. She is also very sarcastic. She refuses to
   dance with Mr. Darcy after his rude comments. She says, “Mr. Darcy is all politeness” (Jane 27). She
   actually means the opposite.
   She is prejudiced at first but later on changes, and this is reflected in her behavior. For instance,
   she painfully realizes that she was mistaken in her perception of Darcy. She confronts her judgments and
   prejudices and blames herself for her behavior. She had been deceived by the smack in Wickham’s
   conduct and had allowed that to deceive her. She felt bad about that. Elizabeth is depicted as an
   independent character. She is decisive in her actions and firmly stands by them. She is also very
   emotional and has great affection, as seen in her relationships with Kitty, Lydia, Charlotte Georgina, and
   even her father.
   Remarkably, Elizabeth is the novels prejudice while Darcy is its pride. She uses emotions to
   judge as opposed to reason and is thus prejudiced in her perceptions about people. However, after
   reading Darcy’s letters, she changes. She had been prejudiced, blind, absurd, and partial. She remarks,
   “How despicably I have acted!” (Jane 145). She realizes she had been proud and that she did not know
   much about herself. She says, “till this moment, I never knew myself” (Jane 146). There is remarkable
   growth in her character. She changes her views on love and marriage. She becomes a better
   communicator and a good person overall.
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2. In the later part of the semester, you read 1984, Nectar in a Sieve, or Siddhartha. Choose a theme from the
   novel you read. State the theme and explain it in the context of the novel. Then discuss how the theme relates
   to readers’ lives today. Use details from the novel to support your ideas. Write your response in two or three
   well-developed paragraphs.
   Answer:

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The theme of censorship is developed throughout George Orwell’s novel 1984. In the novel,
Orwell depicts the government of Oceania as extremely controlling. It exerts physical control over the
citizens. It controls the flow of information and rewrites history. The government maintains its power by
censoring things that have already happened. It kills people and hurts them so that they do not access the
truth. Potentially damaged material does not reach the people. This way, the people are censored from
knowing information that may be potentially damaging to the government’s reputation. They are
censored from knowing the truth.
The theme of censorship relates to the reader’s lives today in the sense that censorship is a
violation of the people’s freedom of speech and expression. Today, censorship does not happen as it
does in the novel. But it still happens. For instance, when the government makes laws on internet
censorship, they direct infringe on people’s freedom of speech and expression. The laws are sometimes
made to benefit the government and not the people. This is a form of censorship and, consequently,
dictatorship. Orwell writes, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is
granted, all else follows” (Orwell 103). When people are denied the right to express themselves online
or offline, then their freedom to express their thoughts is limited. Censorship is thus a violation of
freedom in today’s readers. Orwell’s book is relevant and compels the reader to reflect on how their
rights are restricted in today’s world.

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Works Cited
Jane, Austen. Pride and Prejudice. Рипол Классик, 2017.
Orwell, George. The Orwell reader: Fiction, essays, and reportage. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1984.