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 poem "Ellis Island" by Joseph Bruchac is about the American dream. All of the immigrants had a dream--the dream of what their life would be once they stepped foot in America
