The Grandfather

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The Grandfather

• Page 359

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On your own in your notes labeled The
Grandfather page 359

• 1. How many years passed before the avocado tree
  produced its first fruit?
• 2. Why did Sotos grandfather believe that a
  tree is money?
• 3. Why was the avocado tree the grandfather's
  favorite?
• 4. The avocado tree is a symbol that has multiple
  meanings in the essay. Soto develops these
  meanings throughout the work, and he brings them
  some of them together in the last paragraph. Use
  evidence from the essay to explain how the tree
  might symbolize the following people
• The grandfather
• Soto (the author)
• The grandfathers family