Question

Adult characters in “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree” and “Excerpt from Minuk:
Ashes in the Pathway” are an important part of these stories. How do these adult characters
contribute to the plot of each story? What are the differences in the ways the adult characters
contribute to the plots? Use details from both stories to support your response.

In your response, be sure to
describe how the adults in “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree” contribute to the plot of that story
describe how the adults in “Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway” contribute to the plot of that story
describe the differences in the ways the adult characters contribute to the plots in each story use details from both stories to support your response

Answer 1

Answer:

Introduction

Hook Sentence: Typically secondary characters support the main characters in a text as they develop as a character.

Thesis Statement: The adult characters in “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree” and “Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway” contribute to the plot of each story in both similar and unique ways.

Body Paragraph 1

Main Point #1: In “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree” the adult characters contribute to the plot by giving Najmah a responsibility that pushes her to find a solution to the conflict of the text.

Evidence # 1 - My father worries that she’ll tumble down to the bottom of the hill, and so he has asked me to put aside my fear to help my mother. I feel proud that I can do it, even though I am afraid.

Evidence #2 - “Nur was only teasing,” I mutter under my breath. “Nur was only teasing.” But I really am convinced a large animal with long, pointed teeth is waiting to pounce on me. I am terribly afraid of leopards, although I have never seen one in my life.

Body Paragraph 2

Main Point #2: In “Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway” the adult characters are important because it is told that their lives are boring and they don’t get to do fun stuff.

Evidence # 1: ��� Even Mamma and Grandma and the aunts came out into the

spring sun to touch our dolls and look at their clothes, as if they’d missed them, too.

Evidence # 2: “ I thought that sometimes it must be hard to be a grown-up and not be able to play.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

In “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree” the adult characters contribute to the plot by giving Najmah a responsibility that pushes her to find a solution to the conflict of the text.

My father worries that she’ll tumble down to the bottom of the hill, and so he has asked me to put aside my fear to help my mother. I feel proud that I can do it, even though I am afraid.

“Nur was only teasing,” I mutter under my breath. “Nur was only teasing.” But I really am convinced a large animal with long, pointed teeth is waiting to pounce on me. I am terribly afraid of leopards, although I have never seen one in my life.

In “Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway” the adult characters are important because it is told that their lives are boring and they don’t get to do fun stuff.“ Even Mamma and Grandma and the aunts came out into thespring sun to touch our dolls and look at their clothes, as if they’d missed them, too.

“ I thought that sometimes it must be hard to be a grown-up and not be able to play.

Explanation:

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