Once there was a family there were two young boys a little and a single mom. They also had a cat named Luna. The cat made the whole family happy but one day the cat disapeared the family didn't know where she went they were all very sad. But then one day one of the boys went outside to look for the cat but he found nothing. The next the other boy went out he also found no trace of the cat. On the last day the little girl went out. She stumbled by an abandoned house and she heard a cat meowing from inside so she went in. When she searched through the house she found her orange cat Luna. She ran back home in excitement and when she came in the door she screamed "I found Luna I found Luna" everyone looked so happy. The End.
Answer:
The poem creates a much more powerful response.
Explanation:
It describes what happens to Icarus far more than in the painting. While the painting may give a sense of sadness at the fact that nobody is noticing the boy drowning. The poem creates a much stronger feeling, and that feeling is dread, about what is happening to Icarus, rather than what the people around are doing.
In medias res means to start a writing with events that happened in the middle of the story, then continuing the story from the beginning.
China.
The Silk Road is a trading route from the Middle East to China, and the ancient civilizaitons practiced ancestor worship. The Mandate of Heaven dictates that good weather and general prosperity are because of divine approval of the leader of China. If there is famine, invasion, or other natural disasters, it was interpreted as needing a new ruler, aka losing the mandate of heaven.
I believe it is appreciative
