Choose a periodical from before 1944 and read 10 fiction stories published from that year. Then choose a periodical from after 1990 and read 10 fiction stories published from that year. Look for things in the stoies that are the same or establish differeces. Establish a problem and work toward proving or disproving it. To make it interesting look at whats going on in history, politics, or the arts in order to better understand the stories. Look for patterns or lack of patterns. Make generalizations about waht you have read, interesting things supported by specific examples. Compare and contrast the differences in the stories and determine what is driving the meaning behind the stoires.