Performance Task Read and annotate the text “What It Took To Be a NASA Computer” by Melinda Baldwin. Notice the facts and details included in the article.
Read and annotate the excerpt from Hidden Figures noticing the literary elements used. Pay close attention to the details in “What It Took To Be a NASA Computer” that are also included in both the article and the excerpt from Hidden Figures.
Reread “What It Took To Be a NASA Computer.” This time consider the literary elements in the excerpt from Hidden Figures.
Write a short description of the literary elements the author uses in the excerpt from Hidden Figures and explain why the literary elements help the reader understand the facts presented in “What It Took To Be a NASA Computer.” Be specific. Think about how the text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals and events.

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the father plays a very vital role in the life of the narrator in the story. the father is that person who may be physically absent but is also the one who just existed in the mind or the memory of the narrator. in the mind of the storyteller, his father during the time he was with their family was dutiful, orderly and straightforward. but when the narrator was asked who has always the final say, it would always be the mother. it is because of the father’s departure that made the authority of the mother waive and became questionable. the father’s leaving really made a big impact in his family’s lives. the father never set foot on land and he was more towards the lonely nature because as the story said he never acknowledged the existence of his family after his departure but it is implied to the reader that the reason why the father stayed and rowed nearby to maintain togetherness.