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1. What happens in the First Third?

2. Describe the relationship between Yaiyai and the protagonist?

3. What does Yaiyai teach the protagonist?

4. What does 'lasagne' represent?

5. What does 'moussaka' represent?

6. What does Yaiyai say about lasagne and moussaka? Which one, in her opinion is better for you? Why?

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1) A greek family is in the hospital visiting their Yiayia, while eating a large meal. Yiayia explains to billy that he needs to date the right girl.

2) Yiayia and Billy have an old fashioned relationship where she is always trying to influence his life by constantly saying that he needs to date a Greek girl. It is clear that Yiayia and Billy have a strong relationship, and are close to an extent.

3) She teaches him that a Greek girl would be the perfect fit for him because she could cook for him and would treat him right. She makes it really clear that Greek girls (moussakas) are the better for him.

4) The Lasagna is a representation of a white, generic girl.

5)The Moussaka represents the Greek girl.

6) Yiayia thinks that the moussaka would be better for Billy because she thinks the Australian girl is generic and would be bad for him, whereas the Greek girl would be good for him. The lasagne is often unhealthy, and easy to cook, wheras the moussaka is healthy, nutritional and filled with culture.

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1.  greek families gathering up around Yaiyai hospital bed to share there foods. Yiayia explains to her grandson that Lasenga is like Australian girl,  quick and easy to make but not good for you, while mousaka is a greek girl, its more fragile and delicate but good for you.

2. The relationship between yiayia and her grandson is close family relationship.

3.Yaiyai is trying to teach her grandson that don't date a austlian girl because iti s bad for you, and a greek girl is more fragile and delicate but better for you.

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1. What happens in the First Third?
-  The protagonist and their family goes to the hospital to visit her grandma, they bring food to the hospital due to her health and not being able to leave the hospital. The food they brang was to show their love and appreciation for their grandma.

2. Describe the relationship between Yaiyai and the protagonist?
- The relationship between the protagonist and Yiayia is very strong due to the protagonist setting up a whole lunch in the hospital to make the grandma feel like she is at home.

3. What does Yaiyai teach the protagonist?

4. What does 'lasagne' represent?
-  The lasagne is no special, its not hard to find and can be bought in high portions of 5 or 10 from a supermarket.

5. What does 'moussaka' represent?
- The moussaka take time, love and effort to be able to be created. It shows your love for one another.

6. What does Yaiyai say about lasagne and moussaka? Which one, in her opinion is better for you? Why?

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1. His grandmother was in the hospital and they had a small party. The man in the hospital bed across the room exchanged worried, heartfelt looks to his family.

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In the first third their grandma (Yaiyai) is in the hospital and they bring her their Greek traditional food moussaka and dolma. They have a close relationship which revolves around food. The Yaiyai teaches the protagonist that the lasagna is like an australian girl and that the mousaka is better as it represents a greek girl. The mousaka is better as is made with agape (love) so its better for you.

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Question 1:
This short story "The First Third" by William Kostakis, is about A young greek boy who is the protagonist of the story with Yaiyai being the grandmother of the main character. This narrative is about traditional culture with keeping a special connection towards it.

Question 2:
The special bond between the protagnoist and Yaiyai have a advisive relationship from the grandmother giving advice to the protagonist about cultural & relationship advice.

Question 3:
Yaiyai from having a depth relationship with the prtagonist of advice from having teachings about traditional culture and what comes true to youself.

Question 4:
The infamous dish "lasagne" is an italian based dish but however in the tale it is described as a "foregin girl" (aussie). In terms can mean that it is outsided by the rest of the people.

Question 5:
Mousake in the tale represents time, love and effort to one another (special).

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In the first third of the story, the people come to visit the hospital

The relationship between the Grandma and the protagonist is that they both came same country and the same tradition and they have food together.

The lasagne represent an Australian girl and her Australian childhood

The Moussaka is trying to represent the traditional food they had and the food they grew up with and it is like Lasagne.

Yaiyai prefers Moussaka because it is more traditional and healthier than Lasagne.

'This She pointed to the lasagne, is Australian girl.'

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1. What happens in the First Third?
-The Yiayia is in the hospital
- they had a big fat feast at the hospital
- the family comes to meet the grandma
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2. Describe the relationship between Yaiyai and the protagonist?
She's the grandma of billy

3. What does Yaiyai teach the protagonist?

4. What does 'lasagne' represent?

5. What does 'moussaka' represent?

6. What does Yaiyai say about lasagne and moussaka? Which one, in her opinion is better for you? Why?

Neelah, Andrena, Izabella
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1. While visiting his Yiayia at the hospital with his family, Billy remembers the lesson that was taught to him by his Yiayia.
2. Yiayi and the protagonist have a loving and respectable relationship.
3. Yiayia teaches him about love and the difference between lasagne and moussaka.
4. lasagna = white Australian girl
5. Moussaka = nice greek girl.

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1. The protagonist and his family visits his grandma in the hospital while they eat dinner, and he remembers that his grandma once told him the difference of Greek girls and Australian girls

2. Yaiyai is the protagonist's grandmother as 'yaiyai' is grandmother in Greek.

3. Yaiyai teaches the protagonist that Australian girls are the same and that Greek girls are unique and simply 'better'.

4. The lasagne represents Australian girls because it's an Australian dish

5. Moussaka represents Greek girls because it's a Greek dish that is homemade

6. Yaiyai says that lasagne is cheap and able to be bought from stores while moussaka is special to the Greek culture and that it's fresh. Yaiyai prefers moussaka better because she says it's fresh and that it's good for him

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1. There is this boy who is around the age of 16 and he goes to have dinner with his grandma who is unfortunately in the hospital to bring in their culture, family dynamic that's unfamilar.

2. Yiayia and the protagonist seem like they have a strong relationship and that they talk a lot because she wants to marry greek girl.

3. Yiayia teaches the protagonist the difference between how australian would treat him compared to how a greek girl would treat him.

4. The lasagna represents an australian girl.

5. The moussaka represents a greek girl.

6. In the Yiayia opinion she thinks that the moussaka (greek girl) is better even though they can be a bit crazy the chase is good and he will end up with a. good greek girl that will treat him well and cook for him.

" I was fourteen when my grandmother taught me about love and the difference between lasagne and moussaka"

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1. What happens in the First Third?
A greek boy's YiaYia is in hospital and they end up comparing store bought lasagna and moussaka. YiaYia is teaching the protagonist that the Greek way is better. The lasagna represents the Aussies and Moussaka represents the Greeks. In the First Third, the daughter of YiaYia is vegetarian and she doesn't understand the idea of it as she is Greek and meat is a prime ingredient in dishes.

2. Describe the relationship between YiaYia and the protagonist?
YiaYia and the protagonist are close and it seems that the YiaYia loves giving advice to her grandson, especially teaching him about the culture.

3. What does YiaYia teach the protagonist?
YiaYia teaches the protagonist that a Greek girl would be better than a foreign girl. YiaYia uses the connotation of a Greek girl being Moussaka and a foreign girl being Lasagna.

4. What does 'lasagne' represent?
Lasagna represents a foreign girl that the protagonist has had a connection with.

5. What does 'Moussaka' represent?
Moussaka represents a Greek girl that the protagonist had met before.

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1. Someone eating food with his grandma on a hospital bed and being embarrassed of their greek family.

2. They have a loving and nurturing relationship

3. To find a girl from his culture

4. A regular girl that he can find anywhere

5. A girl from his culture who is special

6. In her opinion, she says the lasagne is ordinary and nothing special but the moussaka is different and is special.

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1.
- The whole family gathers on the grandma's hospital bed, all eating together in a quite precarious table setup
- Grandma urges her grandchildren to eat because they looked too thin
- She, unknowing of the meaning of vegetarian, constantly recommends the meaty dolmades
- Grandma tries to explain to protagonist the importance of traditional moussaka vs lasagna
- Says that the lasagna represents an Australian girl, and the moussaka is like a Greek one. (lasagna isn't as special)

2.
- Yiayia is his grandma
- Yiayia acts as a guiding figure for the protagonist, teaches him a lot of stuff
- She's a nurturing sort of grandma that just wants the best for her offspring

3.
- The importance of traditional food

4.
- An Australian girl
- It's not special, easy to buy and doesn't provide a deeper meaning culturally

5.
- Represents a good Greek girl
- An alleged better source of nutrition because of the agape (love) baked into it