Q2 - Flores: The behavior of the character Gawain

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Question Type:
ID the Disagreement

Stimulus Breakdown:
F: The character G changes goes back and forth, without any clear reason, between good and bad. The writer's portrayal of G is incoherent, since he based his work on earlier sources that had G's role changing over time.

P: Yes, G's behavior changes back and forth, and it might actually be that the different sources the writer used contributed to that. But there IS a pattern: G is good during crises and bad during stable times.

Answer Anticipation:
The first person makes three claims:
1. G's behavior fluctuates randomly between good and bad.
2. This portrayal is incoherent.
3. This is because the writer based his book on sources in which G's role changed over time.

Which of those does the second person disagree with?
Piro agrees with #1, although he doesn't think it's "randomly" and thinks #3 is possible, but he disagrees with #2. G's behavior doesn't fluctuate randomly / the portrayal isn't incoherent: if crisis, then good .... if stable, then bad

Correct Answer:
A

Answer Choice Analysis:
(A) YUP, that's the disagreement. F says yes, and P says no.

(B) They agree on this.

(C) They basically agree on this.

(D) They agree on this.

(E) They basically agree on this.

Takeaway/Pattern: The readability of this will probably challenge some people. We can lean on the structure to know that Piro's 2ND claim is the one creating fiction. "While I agree with you on this level, I disagree with you on this level." If we ask ourselves, "How does Piro's 2nd idea conflict with anything Flores said?", then we can hopefully find the language of "fluctuates without apparent reason / incoherent portrayal".

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