using System;

public class Sentence
{
   public Sentence(string s)
   {
      Value = s;
   }

   public string Value { get; set; }

   public char GetFirstCharacter()
   {
      try {
         return Value[0];
        }
      catch (NullReferenceException e) {
         throw;   
      } 
   }
}

public class Example 
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      var s = new Sentence(null);
      Console.WriteLine($"The first character is {s.GetFirstCharacter()}");
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
// Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException : 
// Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
// at Sentence.GetFirstCharacter()
// at Example.Main()