main conflict in "Selfies" - self-image and obsession, what Ellie's phone obsession symbolizes - a search for connection, issues addressed in "Selfies" - way social media impacts mental health, story structure in "Selfies" - mirrors short bursts on social media, impact of flashforward and flashback in "Selfies" photo order - creates uneasiness and warps time, theme in "Selfies" - Obsession has consequences., characteristics of narrator in "Death by Scrabble" - depressed, unhappy, proof the setting in "Death by Scrabble" is intense - "It's the hottest day for ten years", tone in "Death by Scrabble" - ominous, Scrabble board in "Death by Scrabble" - creates foreshadowing and irony, example of irony from "Death by Scrabble" - husband tries to kill wife, but she kills him, theme in "Death by Scrabble" - Words have power, X's motivation for destroying humanity in "Super Human" - systemic injustice , first person X saved in "Super Human" - Syrita , impact being saved by X has on Syrita in "Super Human" - more aware of the needs around her, The way "Super Human" challenges traditional super hero - hero is also villain , Why "Super Human" has an ambiguous ending - show society's issues are ongoing, main conflict in “Evil Robot Monkey” - Sly is smarter than chimps, but trapped by humans., symbolic meaning of PlexiGlas in “Evil Robot Monkey” - isolation, personification in “Evil Robot Monkey” - creates empathy for Sly, theme in “Evil Robot Monkey” - Intelligence is a gift AND a burden., shows boys' poverty in "The Ingredients" - Flaco's sandwich suggestion, establishes a connection between characters in "The Ingredients" - Boys' constant roasting and joking, metaphor that describes setting in "The Ingredients" - Bed-Stuy is a microwave, purpose of "The Ingredients" - celebrate everyday culture, symbolic meaning of house in "There Will Come Soft Rains" - human dependence on tech, proof tech can't fully process reality in "There Will Come Soft Rains" - the house continues like someone lives there, tone of "There Will Come Soft Rains" - calm and haunting, repetition of house actions in "There Will Come Soft Rains" - shows emptiness of life without humans, effects of personification of house in "There Will Come Soft Rains" - empathy for house, makes house a character, adds emotion,

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