On a separate piece of paper, answer the following items about the underlined Vocabulary words. Be prepared to justify your answers.
Why would a person who feels $\underline{rancor}$ toward you be unlikely to invite you to a party?

Describe how the structure of Allende's essay supports her points. How does she use a comparison-contrast structure to emphasize the "terrible contrasts" that define Latin America? Why does Allende nevertheless feel that Latin America is "a fabulous continent" and that it is "a privilege" to be born and to live there?

What does the term postcolonial refer to? How does it apply to literature?

What meaning does the allusion, or reference, to the biblical Tower of Babel add to the description of the Carbide Tower of Buna?

What part of Sisyphus's labor most interests Camus? How does Sisyphus overcome the absurdity, or meaninglessness, of his task?

Compare and contrast Brille's and the warder's ways of asserting themselves. Which method is more effective? How do the two men's methods of self-assertion compare with your own?