If you are examining the description of the sea throughout the book, noticing that the author uses the royal colors purple and dark blue to show its majesty, you are engaging in

interpretation
analysis
evaluation

The answer is interpretation.

Analysis refers to breaking down information to understand its parts, while evaluation means the systematic judgement of something's merit. If one is simply "noticing" what an author (or artist) uses in his work and tries to understand the significance of its meaning, then one is engaging with interpretation.

the answer would be: it explains that at least one son must join the church

the expression ''as the tithe of his sons'' indicates how his father intended for at least one of his sons to serve the church. this phrase demonstrates that his father offered him as a last resort since none of his brothers chose to serve the church.

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he thought hans was leaving

at least thats what i think it is

sorry if wrong