Question

2. What is your favorite part of the story of John Henry? Why? Be specific in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

the challenge was on man against machine. John Henry was know as strongest and fastest and most powerful man on working on railroad.

Answer 2

The story of John Henry, told mostly through ballads and work songs, traveled from coast to coast as the railroads drove west during the 19th Century. And in time, it has become timeless, spanning a century of generations with versions ranging from prisoners recorded at Mississippi's Parchman Farm in the late 1940s to present-day folk heroes.