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Tracking a Theme as It Grows — Homework
Read through Chapter 4 ("Burdens") of Little Women if you have not already, then answer in full sentences.
- 1.Name the "burden" Marmee assigns to each of the four March sisters in Chapter 1.
- 2.Explain in one or two sentences how Chapter 2's Christmas-breakfast scene builds on the theme planted in Chapter 1.
- 3.Pick one sister and describe one moment in Chapter 4 where her named fault causes a real problem.
- 4.Why might tracking a theme chapter by chapter teach you more than reading only the first and last chapters?
- 5.In four to six sentences, predict where you think the "burdens" theme is headed based on the pattern you have tracked so far, using at least one specific piece of evidence from Chapters 1-4.
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