Due Tuesday, Sept. 11th

Spend no more than 40 minutes (without interruptions/distractions) on the following assignment.

• Please formulate a thesis sentence in answer to the question:

  • What does it mean to be a "philosopher" according to the story? Look at the three (or so) times the word is used in the text to formulate your answer.

  • OR

  • Is Tendler evil? Why/why not? (In your answer to this question, try to stick to what the text suggests is the answer.)

• After you have written your topic 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 topic 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.

*** Please place your assignment in the homework section of your personal website. Make sure to label your assignment clearly (e.g. 9/19--"Free Fruit" assignment).