shadowing session

On Thursday I had another shadowing session. A student came in with a Core paper dealing with only the first three pages of a novel. Having completed the novel, he expressed his frustration with the assignment. He was struggling to write five pages pertaining to only three pages of a book, which he had already read. He knew the themes present in the novel, but was not sure if he should include them in the piece, considering they were not all apparent within the introduction. A flaw pointed out by the tutor was that of the three themes addressed, one was vastly under-developed compared to the other two. He asked some content questions to get the writer to see where he could go. Also, his introduction had a lot of questions in it. We discussed his professor's reaction to the questions. Some teachers prefer no questions, some don't mind them, and some will only accept them if they are utilized in a proper and effective manner. The tutor didn't tell him one way or another what he should do, but maybe to ask the professor. If not, he could either stay on the safe side and leave them out, or really take not as to if they benefit the paper or not.