Jumping Monkey Hill — Summary & Analysis Assignment

In the first paragraph of your essay, introduce the story by summarizing “Jumping Monkey Hill” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This paragraph should present the narrative’s main idea and major actions or events. It should also identify the name of the author, title of the text, date of publication. This first paragraph should be at least 150 words.
In the next section of your essay (500-700 words), analyze one particular character from the story. Choose a character who you think is meaningful or important to a reader’s overall understanding of the story. In order to prove your argument of why this character is meaningful or how readers should interpret this character, select one or two passages that, you think, provide the strongest pieces of evidence for your argument. Analyze the evidence through close reading to show how the evidence supports your claim.
Be sure to introduce each passage—describe where it appears in the text and any relevant background your readers would need to understand what is happening at this point in the text. Then quote and cite the passage. The majority of your paragraph should then be comprised of your explanation of the quotation.