The first thing we love is a scene. For love at first sight requires the sign of its suddenness (what makes me irresponsible, subject to fatality, swept away, ravished): and all of the arrangement of objects, it is the scene which seems to be seen best for the first time: a curtain parts: what had not yet ever been seen is discovered in its entirety, and then devoured by the eyes: what is immediate stands for what is fulfilled: I am initiated: the scene consecrates the object I am going to love. This excerpt is from which book?

98 ! use evidence from the text to support each response. complete at least one full paragraph for each question.1. select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different? 2. what views about what's important do most of the stories and poems in this unit share? how do the selections differ in their views of what's important? 3. name two pieces that share a theme and explain how each story develops this theme. try to answer them all. !