PLEASE HELP ASAP This is from the story "Uncle Marcos from the House of the Spirits" 1) From the details in “Uncle Marcos,” what do you infer about the social and economic situation of the family to which Clara and Uncle Marcos belong?
2) Cite textual evidence from “Uncle Marcos” to support the inference you drew.
3) Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on patterns of events
from a myth. Reread the Background note for “Uncle Marcos.” Then, explain how the story draws on a pattern of events in the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus.
4) Describe how a myth is made new. How does the author alter, or change, the myth to create something new in the story “Uncle Marcos”?
5) Analyze how particular incidents in “Uncle Marcos” reveal aspects of Uncle Marcos’s character.
Use these guidelines in your writing or discussion.
Introduce Uncle Marcos with a statement about his character.
Describe key incidents about Uncle Marcos that appear in the story.
Analyze what each key incident shows about Uncle Marcos’s character
Consider not only Uncle Marcos’s personality traits and attitudes but also his possible motives, or reasons, for behaving as he does.
Identify what other characters say or think about Uncle Marcos.
Conclude with a statement summing up Uncle Marcos’s character.