Important: Please do not use outside sources for this assignment (unless the question specifically calls for it). Only use the texts provided. The use of outside sources will result in a zero for the assignment****Please avoid using AI software or any translation software, apps, or websites. The AI detection tools cannot tell the difference between translation software and AI software, so they both cannot be used.**
**When you quote the text, please use “MLA citations for each quote from the text that looks like this” (Soseki 4).***
**If this assignment is turned in by the Friday before the due date, it will receive +1 point extra credit.**
Please read this handout on “Value Systems”: Value Systems Handout F23.docxDownload Value Systems Handout F23.docx. It will help you answer question #4, and it will be used in assignments for the first half of the semester.
Read “I am a Cat” by Natsume Soseki Download “I am a Cat” by Natsume Sosekiand **answer the following questions** (**Not the questions at the end of the text**) in approximately 450-500 words:
1. How does the cat’s view of the schoolteacher show him as he really is as compared with the way he sees himself? Explain in approximately 1-2 paragraphs with two examples from the text.
2. What lesson or moral does this story convey about economic class/status/careers? Explain in approximately 1-2 paragraphs with two examples from the text.
3. Choose two examples of irony in this text and explain why they are ironic in 1-2 paragraphs.
4. How does this text connect with the idea of artificial value systems that we discussed in class? Explain in approximately 1-2 paragraphs with two examples from the text. See the “Value Systems Handout” for more information. Value Systems Handout F23.docx
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