Interpretive Question: Does Praneshacharya remain a static character throughout

Interpretive Question: Does Praneshacharya remain a static character throughout the novel? How?
Interpretive Claim: P remains in a static character throughout the novel because his fixation on change
prevents him from reaching this state himself.
Use evidence from the text for the rest of the paper to present an argument for the claim. Do not summarize the novel, but provide evidence.

Instructions: -Please make sure that all answers are in your own words. -You may

Instructions:
-Please make sure that all answers are in your own words.
-You may use any of your notes or books for the It should not be necessary to do any research to answer the questions below.
-Please write clear, concise paragraphs to answer each of the questions Your paragraphs should be detailed and express complex interpretive ideas.
-Plan to spend roughly 75 minutes on the However, if you need more time, you may take it.

Interpretive Question: If P. follows the same ritual/routine as before, how do

Interpretive Question: If P. follows the same ritual/routine as before, how does being self-aware change
things?
Interpretive Claim: P could not experience the divine because his strict adherence to religious law blinded him to the fact that the divine was ever present, and could only be experienced once he
learned compassion.
Use evidence from the text for the rest of the paper to present an argument for the claim. Do not summarize the novel, but provide evidence.

Come up with an interpretive claim from a passage in the novel and use the rest

Come up with an interpretive claim from a passage in the novel and use the rest of the paper to present an argument for that claim using evidence from the text.
Passage Two
pp. 35-38 “Some two weeks later … She is too much the reverse of bad.”
Interpretive Question- What does Kikuji mean by, “She is too much the reverse of bad”?
Claim- Fumiko is trying (and failing) to preserve the dignity of her family [mother’s] name just as she
and Kikuji try (and fail) to preserve the dignity of the tea ceremony.