Spend no more than 40 minutes on the following assignment:
In a clearly labeled word document, please formulate a one-sentence answer to the question: Why does Etgar continue to give fruit to Tendler, even after his (Etgar’s) father has died?
After you have written your sentence, find three meaty quotations to back up/support it. Type out each quotation and provide a page number. After each quotation, show how/why the quotation supports your sentence.
Please keep in mind the following:
a. Your sentence shouldn’t state the obvious.
b. The answer you provide in your sentence is an opinion, not a fact, about the text; it’s an idea that will need to be proved by quotations and analyses of quotations from the story.
c. A good sentence is one that should both surprise and make sense to your reader. It should help your reader to understand the story on a deeper level.