Part C The next reading strategy you will use helps to organize the text into smaller sections. This strategy is called chunking
the text. Look at the stanzas of the free-verse narrative passage from Under the Mesquite C. Do any of them fit together? Are there clear transitions in the story? How would you chunk the text? Focus on one section at a time. Write an outline of how you organized the text into smaller sections. Tip: Chunking the text helps you understand and remember what you read.
I believe what he meant was that his belief in god was dead and that god to him was dead. Just like how many Jews were dying so was their hopes and beliefs due to their circumstances they were facing at the time.
