Monday, September 19, 2011

HW Monday, September 19th

In class, you were assigned a "section" from the short story we read out loud in class. Below are the different sections you were assigned:
Group A: 171- end of second paragraph on 172
Group B: 172-3rd paragraph to end of 1st paragraph on 174
Group C: 174 start of 2nd paragraph to end of 4th paragraph on 175
Group D: 175 paragraph starting "Mad Sao..." to 177 paragraph ending with "I died of starvation"
Group E: 177 mid page to "he could not sleep" to end of 1st paragraph on 178
Group F: 178 start of 2nd paragraph to end of piece on 179

(1)You are to come up with the theme(s) fo the story. In your section, find 3 quotes from the story that supports that theme and explain why the quotes support the theme you came up with.
(2) What was the author's purpose in writing this piece?
(3) What were we suppose to understand from the story?
(4) How does the story connect to our discussion of immigration?

Please do your HW on the same sheet of paper. We will share out tomorrow as a class.

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