Excerpt from the robe of feathers japanese folktale the fisherman was out in his boat all night. he cast his net here and he cast his net there, but he caught nothing at all for his pains. it may be believed that he grew weary enough before the morning. in the cold of the dawn he brought his boat to shore and set foot on mio strand, shivering. then, so he says, a warm wind met him and blew through his garments and his hair, so that he flushed and glowed. the very sand was full of comfort to his chilly feet. upon the warm wind a fragrance was borne, cedar and vervain, and the scent of a hundred flowers. flowers dropped softly through the air like bright rain. the fisherman stretched out his hands and caught them, lotus and jessamine and pomegranate. and all the while sweet music sounded. “this is never mio strand,” cried the fisherman, bewildered, “where i have pulled my boat ashore a thousand times or flown kites upon a holiday. alack, i fear me i have sailed to the fortunate isles unawares, or come unwilling to the sea king’s garden; or very like i am dead and never knew it, and this is yomi. o yomi, land of yomi, how like thou art to mio strand, my dear home! ” after he had said this, the fisherman looked up the beach and down the beach, and he turned and saw fuji, the mountain of mountains, and then he turned and saw the deep rolling sea and knew he was at mio and no other place, and gave a long sigh. what can be reasonably deduced about the traditional culture of japan from this portion of the story? a) japanese believe in something like heaven and call it "yomi." b) "strange people" are commonly sighted by sailors in japan. c) flowers are believed to fall as rain sometimes in japan. d) the mio strand is home to most japanese.

In "tell me, o swan, your ancient tale," to what does the land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule refer? nature heaven the promised land an imaginary country

Read the passage from animal farm. as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. she knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of napoleon. but still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. it was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of jones's gun. such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them. what was most likely orwell’s purpose for writing this passage? to show that clover is more sensitive to violence than the others to remind readers of major's speech and the original rebellion to present napoleon as a cruel leader unworthy of the animals’ support to represent misled followers and their dashed hopes for better lives

Emily is reading her friend's story. it uses transition words like and emily can tell that this story's organization is a) sequence of events b) cause and effect c) compare and contrast d) question and answer