Question

analyze the text support your responses with evidence from the text. analyze how does the folktales setting help shape plot events? analyze in paragraph 5 what moment of discovery causes gohas wife to lie about the calfs legs? explain. ah, but the meat was tender and perfectly cooked. she took a second taste, a third. and suddenly there was nothing more to taste. she had eaten the entire calfs leg! the wife worried, \i cant tell goha. she had greedily i was! but what am i to tell him?\ just then goha returned. \i have the rice here, wife. come, let us eat!\ bring the calfs legs, and let us eat!\ to his surprise, the dish his wife brought from the kitchen held one leg, and one leg alone. \where is the second leg?\ goha asked. his wife replied, \here is the only one!\ \what second leg?\ \there were two legs!\ \there is only one!\ \there were two!\

Explanation:

The text is a narrative about Goha and his wife regarding a calf's leg. To analyze how the setting helps shape plot events, we note that the domestic setting of the kitchen and dining - area is where the wife brings the calf's leg and where the conversation about the missing leg occurs. This setting creates a context for the conflict between Goha and his wife about the number of legs. As for the discovery of the calf's leg in paragraph 5, it is the moment when Goha realizes there is an issue with the number of legs presented to him, which drives the subsequent dialogue and the wife's attempts to explain.

Answer:

The setting of the kitchen and dining - area provides the context for the conflict over the calf's leg. In paragraph 5, Goha's realization that there is an issue with the number of legs (he expects two but only one is presented after his wife has eaten some) is the moment of discovery that causes further dialogue and attempts at explanation from his wife.