Greater interest to physiologist , serve also to illustrate in a very striking manner.
Explanation:
Allusion has already been made to the notice which concerns the island of Antilia and to the highly imaginative record of St Brandan's excursion to the Islands of the Blest.
In regard to the island of Zanzibar Martin borrows from Marco Polo some facts which while of the greatest interest to the physiologist serve also to illustrate in a very striking manner the intrepidity of the missionary who seated conveniently upon the apex of one of their mountains encourages the idolaters below to unite with him in prayer
The people we are assured have four times the strength of Europeans are glorified with great long ears wide mouths and appalling eyes and hands four times the size of those of ordinary mortals
Beowulf comes all the way to the land of the Danes in search of glory and recognition on the battlefield.
However, he sails to those lands not only because of his self-interest. Deep feeling of dignity and honour tell him to help the Danes and defeat Grendel. On his arrival to the Danish lands Beowulf is challenged by the watchman at the sea-cliff. He can already tell that Beowulf is a great warrior. His dids are covered by mistery and this only rises the interest around his persona.
I believe he found a dagger
This culture sounds like an early 1900's, mid 1800's culture. Back then, people respected the elders in their communities, oftentimes going over for a chat or a cup of tea. The saying "respect thy elders" comes from that era.
If you are talking about a certain culture, like an African, American, European, etc., it would probably be an Asian culture. Asian children are taught at an early age to respect and mind all elders, including their older siblings.
If you are talking about religion...every religion tells the kids to respect their elders!
The method is called Compare And Contrast.