Any topic (writer’s choice)

, a readers experience of a text may be influenced by factors external to that text, including the mode of publication, the presence or absence of illustrations, and, in the case of a serialized text, the materials that surround it.
For this assignment, you will write a five to seven-page paper (double-spaced) offering an example of such a factor influencing the reading of a specific text. You may write on Hard Times or North and South