To iterate, students are to choose one of the protagonists from the stories read in class (Mrs. Mallard, the narrator from “Sonny’s Blues,” or Connie) and analyze that protagonist’s character arc, which is how and why a character changes within a story. Consider first how the protagonist is initially presented then discuss how various plot events help to propel that protagonist to some kind of epiphany or self-realization by the end of the story. To