Folk Tales have an important role in personality development and knowledge. It also has power to influence many factors that are important to human life and society. Ex: Attitude and behavior. The purpose of folk tales is to create unity or, a sense of, in cultural groups. These stories are passed down through generations to help groups remember values and beliefs. The telling of these tales reinforce the group’s identity and where they are placed in society.
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The Hack Driver- Summary
The narrator of the story explains that after completing his graduation he started working with a famous law firm in the city. He was working as an assistant clerk there. He was not very happy with his job of serving summons because sometimes he had to face harsh situations while serving them. One day, he got the task of serving summons to Oliver Lutkins who was a key witness in some case. He lived in a small town named New Mullion.
The narrator was very excited to visit a small and beautiful town but his excitement ended by the dull appearance of the town. He saw a hack driver standing at the platform who was very cheerful and nice. He went up to him and enquired about Oliver Lutkins as he was new to the town and wanted to find him. The driver told him that Oliver was a nasty man who owed debt to many people. He also cunningly extracted information from the lawyer that he needed Lutkins for some court case.
A deal was cracked between both- he decided to hire Bill’s hack and go on a search for Lutkins. Bill somehow traps the lawyer in his story and they visit different places in search of Lutkins. He always asks the lawyer stay behind. They go to Fritz’s to catch Lutkins while playing poker. But he tells them that he has gone to Gustaff for a shave. At Gustaff’s they weren’t able to meet him and were told that someone saw him at the pool room. Here also somebody said that he left the poolroom after buying cigarettes.
Bill described Lutkins as a cunning man and guessed that he must have gone to gray’s for a shave. In the afternoon, Bill offered him to buy lunch from his wife as it would be less costly than at the restaurant. They had lunch at wade’s hill which was a very beautiful place. By that time the clerk was totally impressed by Bill’s nice and cheery nature. He had even started comparing village people to city people. Later on, they went to search for Lutkins at his mother’s house on the basis of information derived from one of his friends.
There the lady was horrible and they hurriedly left the place as she was about to attack them with a hot iron rod. At last, the lawyer had to leave without serving summons to Lutkins. Next day he was scolded badly by his chief and was again sent to New Mullion with a companion who knew Lutkins. Upon reaching the station, the clerk happily pointed out that Bill was such a helpful person to him search Lutkins.
At this time, the truth was revealed by his companion that the hack driver was none other than Lutkins himself. The clerk felt so bad and ashamed of how he had been fooled by a villager.
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Mimicry
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Mimicry is a biological adaptation in which two organisms that are not related taxonomically are found to look alike superficially.
The intent is usually to ward off predators by assuming the looks of other dangerous animals. Organisms that develop this adaptation are better able to adapt and reproduce in their habitat. Predators are known to reduce the number of certain species and may affect the ecological balance in an ecosystem.
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5. (B) describing developments in the Native American literary tradition.
6. (D) collection.
7. (B) helping to reshape Native American literature.
Explanation:
The above are the correct answers.
From the passage, we discover that the passage is primarily concerned with the developments that took place in the Native American literary tradition. It revealed how Cook combined poetry and prose in her "Then The Badger Said" which introduced another approach in the Native American literary tradition. Hale and Silko added anew genre in the collection of literature by Native American women.
These developments led to the reshaping of the Native Native American literature.
