- Write about Esther’s struggle to figure out who she is and what direction she should take – which fig to
pluck from the fig tree. How did 1950s society make this even more challenging for her?
275-350 words for Part B: “The Black Monk,” “The War of Vaslav Nijinsky.” - Why does Kovrin wish he hadn’t gone for treatment? How did the treatment affect him – what did he gain,
and what did he lose?
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