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Read The Medicine Bag, by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.
Choose at least one unfamiliar detail from the story. Briefly research that detail. How does the information you learned shed light on an aspect of the story?
Answer: vision quest
Explanation:
Learning about the tradition of the vision quest allowed me to better understand the importance that rite (and the loss of it) has for the characters.
A vision quest is a rite of passage for the native peoples of North and South America. It´s meant to achieve a state that provides certain knowledge from their spirits, and it´s key or a boy to be recognized as a man.
Answer:
The correct answer is <u>B</u>: It communicates the idea that just because one cannot see decay or destruction occurring, that does not mean it isn't happening.
Explanation:
In this excerpt, Alan Paton tries to say that injustice and inequality are widely extended in South Africa, although we are not able to see it. He compares the destruction of South Africa with things that occur in nature, like leaf silently falling in the forest or white ants who are eating away the food. He wants to say that we shouldn't neglect things that are happening just because they occur in silence.
<em>Cry, the Beloved Country</em> is a novel written by South African writer Alan Paton, first time published in 1948. It tells a story about Stephen Kumalo, a black priest who goes to Johannesburg to find his son Absalom.
It is actually none of those choices. The correct answer is actually Burlesque. A Burlesque is a humorous imitation of a serious work of literature. The humor often arises from the incongruity between the imitation and the work being imitated.
Dear Teo,
Just like me, you are suffering government intervention in our right to walk in the city. The epidemic took us by surprise, didn't it? 2020 is being a peculiar year now that we have to be trapped inside the house with our families all the time, because our biggest and deadliest enemy is lurking outside and who would say that such a dangerous enemy would be so small, a virus. It is ironic when I think about it.
However, I understand that this government intervention in our freedom to go where we want is necessary. We must have the responsibility of not helping the corobavirus to proliferate and we must also be careful not to pass it on to our families or to overburden hospitals. Although the lack of freedom bothers me, I understand my responsibility in this event and I hope you understand too.
What makes me sad is that even seeing the seriousness of the situation many people disrespect and pretend that nothing is happening, it will prolong our "prison" at home and could harm many people.
I hope you found ways to have fun and write to me soon, as we have plenty of time now.
Kind regards.
Dean Patch
