Character: Mary Lennox Directions: Please choose two
of the three types of text connections and write about them below. Do all three for
extra credit!
Text-to-Self: Does the character
remind me of somebody I know?
Have I ever been in a situation
similar to the one the character is in?
Text-to-Text: Have I encountered this
type of character in other novels, short
stories, shows, or movies?
Text-to-World: Does this character remind
me of a news story or moment from
history? How is this story similar to the
world I know?
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EXTRA CREDIT (optional)
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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

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