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.
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