Lines 11–18: What key concept does Soto develop? How do the sentences in these lines build on that idea?
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In lines 11-18, Soto focuses on the concept of how men and women worked hard for many years until they retired. The put forward this fact by giving example of his grandfather and grandmother.

Explanation:

The highlighted lines are from a narrative essay 'One last time' written by Gary Soto. Here, Soto illustrates how he grew up in an immigrant family and how his Grandfather and Grandmother worked with blue collar jobs.

In these sentences, Soto provides details of his grandfather and grandmother's job. He states how both his grandma worked for whole twenty years and retired at the age of sixty five.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

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