Vyvyan Kinross

For students: We hope this guide sharpens your reading skills and deepens your understanding. For teachers: We encourage reproduction and adaptation of these ideas, freely and without further permission from AramcoWorld, by teachers at any level. Common Core Standards met in this lesson: RL/RI.1, RL/RI.2, W.1, W.2 (see details below).—The Editors Do you have comments? I'd be pleased to hear from you at .

My childhood memories are often like flickers I can touch but never quite hold onto. I have held onto one, though: My mother kneels down to lift me off the ground, and as she does, the sheer fabric of the scarf covering her hair shifts in the summer breeze that smells of jasmine. She caresses me, and I remember the glint in her eyes and the light hitting just the right spot on her face. To this day, wherever I go, the covers women use over their hair feel like odes to my mother.

There are those who say that Lawrence has received altogether too much “publicity” through me…. There may be something in this, though I doubt it. But, if there is, the blame should all be mine. —Lowell Thomas, With Lawrence in Arabia, 1924 james a. cannavino library, archives & special collections, marist college Harry Chase, who also arranged photo above, also arranged the costuming, lighting and pose for this image that promoted Lawrence as an iconic, archetypal hero.