I actually just did this as a project for my English class. Basically, they both create meaning by telling you of the struggles they went through. In "gumption" Oyster and his boy are dealing with racial injustice. In "to build a fire" he is challenged with surviving in the wilderness in the middle of winter. (hope I helped)
Answer:
I predict that Blanca Flor and Juanito will escape Don Ricardo's land because Blanca Flor has mysterious powers and is determined to escape.
Explanation:
I just did the assignment and this was the actual answer.
Answer:
Excerpt from Voltaire's Candide
Theme: Different people find value in different things.
The theme above is best developed by the request of Earth made by Candide and Cacambo. The king regards this "Earth" as "yellow clay."
Explanation:
It can be inferred from the excerpt that the European visitors know the value of "the earth of the country", which is for them like a productive mother that gives birth to innumerable children. But for the king and his countrymen, the earth was just mere "yellow clay," sterile and without value.
What one undervalues, another values immensely because there is a gap in their knowledge. Abundance of some resources fools those who dwell on top of the resources. Whereas for those who understand the rarity of the resources, they experience scarcity of it because the demand for the resources would outstrip the supply. This is paradoxical.
Answer: Ender's Game
Explanation:
In a gothic literature, there is usually an element of the supernatural. Gothic settings are typically dark, spooky, and isolated.
The Castle of Otranto was considered to be the first work of Gothic. Modern example of the Gothic include Stranger Things, It and The Goosebumps series.
Ender's Game isn't a modern example of Gothic.
