1. Background Information on the Lit Circle Identity

3. Activity Number #1
1. Take a blank piece of paper and trace your hand on the piece of paper.
2. Inside the hand, write down labels or descriptions that describe yourself. (How do you see yourself?)

4. Activity #1 continued
Outside of the hand, write down how you think others view you. (What do you think other people think about you?)

5. Activity #1 continued
Find three people in our class, and get them to fill in the outer layer of your hand. How do they perceive you?

6. Activity #1 Wrap Up
Now take a look at your hand. Some details may overlap and some may be new to you. In a paragraph, answer the following question:
Notice the words inside and outside of your hand outline. Which ones are the same? Which ones are different?

7. Connection between what we did and your choice in your novel
The link between the two is that the protagonists in all the novels question their existence at some point in the novel.
Like you they are put into a situation, where they must deal with numerous social, political or environment factors that shake their core.
They question themselves and have to decide if they are going to preserve or succumb.