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This document provides guidance on how to analyze a literary passage and answer related questions. It recommends finding 4 examples from the text that relate to the question being asked and using close language analysis to examine how these details present characters and relationships. For part B, it suggests finding 4 quotes from other parts of the text that prove the question. The examples given demonstrate highlighting details, repeating the question, and focusing the analysis solely on the passage provided rather than broader context.
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- 10. For part B: • Find approx. 4 quotes/examples from other areas of the text that show/prove the question. • Don’t retell the story. • Example: At the time the novel is set, George and Lennie are immediately presented as different by the way they travel together, “Say, what game you playing with him…”. The Boss immediately suspects George is up to no good by travelling with Lennie, as close friendships like this were uncommon. This tells you that back then, migrant farm workers typically lived a lonely existence, which makes G and L stand out as being different. “Because I got you…”