The first epic is the story of a soldier who got lost at sea and sailed for many years before finding his way home. While he was
gone, his family struggled financially. Knowing how much their father valued his ancestors’ homeland, his children refused bribes of food and money offered in exchange for the land. They preferred to live humbly and proudly. Upon his return, their father’s joy was boundless, which pleased his sons and daughters. The second epic is the story of a great leader and prince who was banished from his home by an evil cousin. While traveling and living a simple life in the forest, the prince met and married a princess. Despite their royal backgrounds, neither of them minded living safely hidden in the forest. This humility saved their lives on a number of occasions, and their great happiness did not depend on living in a castle. When comparing these two myths, what qualities do both myth-tellers seem to value? physical strength and agility cleverness and wit humility and humbleness
The correct answer is humility and humbleness. We know this because in the first epic the author says the family lived "humbly and proudly". The second epic summary ends saying that "This humility saved their lives".
The deaths gave support to critics who believed that women were not mentally or physically able to be good pilots. After Quimby's death, the New York Sun said, "As a rule, they lack strength and presence of mind and the courage to excel as aviators." (lines 124-125) Amelia Earhart pointed out that companies didn't want to hire women pilots because even minor accidents received a lot of publicity
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