ENG1501 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2026 - DUE 17 July 2026

ENG1501 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2026 - DUE 17 July 2026; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and explanations. For assistance, Whats-App 0.8.1..2.7.8..3.3.7.2... In the novel, Small Things, the narrator forms relationships with various characters that he encounters. Some make a lasting impact in his life, while others have little to no effect on him. Using the two extracts below as starting points, write an essay of approximately 600 words, in which you discuss how the narrator’s relationship with Bra Todd is similar to or different from his relationship with Gabriel Sanchez. Extract 1 Like a stray dog. In search of not food, but meaning. I hung out with Bra Todd, a respected newsman, with a taste for American swing. ‘Everyone is a politician,’ he growled, with his infectious laughter. We listened to records, while I polished his shoes, helped with the dishes, and learnt sophisticated ways to woo a lady. I was terrified to let my feelings be known, so although Bra Todd looked out for me, I refrained from burdening him with my Desiree misfortunes. He was her uncle and, as such, had full command of her attention. How I envied him! I, at fifteen, between bouts of pleading with Desiree (silent, helpless despair), spent many late nights with Bra Todd in newsrooms, as a willing apprentice. (Mohlele 2013: 11-12) Extract 2 Gabriel Sanchez’s tale (for that is my friend’s name) begins in Cuba. Third in the line of thirteen siblings, he is the only journalist in an otherwise musical family. Many maestros, he says, countless musicians, from streetcorner nobodies to musical saints of the Buena Vista Social Club, learnt their skills at his father’s feet. That was when Gabriel wrote articles, cutting opinion pieces for the Cuban Times, illuminating the Kennedy-Kruschev stalemate, often working through the night. A migraine prematurely ended one of his midnight liaisons with his typewriter. (Mohlele 2013: 53-54) Ensure that your essay includes the following: • An introductory paragraph that introduces the topic and explains how the rest of your essay will be structured. • A body of 3-5 paragraphs, in which you develop your argument. • A concluding paragraph, in which you summarise your argument.