Use this passage from the myth to answer the question. but in no time, the baby grew bored again, and shrieked violently. finally, the chief gave the child another box to entertain him. raven, disguised as the baby, began to play even more wildly with this second box. he tumbled it hard, and again it fell open. the moon spilled from the box, and in excitement the child tossed it high into the sky. the chief tried to catch the moon before it escaped, but it was too late. he resolved not to let the child have anything else to play with. instead, he decided, his daughter would just have to give the child away to another woman. but the daughter refused. she had grown to love the baby, despite his irritable behavior. once again, the child became bored, and wailed profusely, his black eyes flashing mischievously like a raven's. the chief did everything he could think of to calm the child. nevertheless, the baby cried on, and began to point at a third box in the corner. before the chief could move, his daughter handed the child this new toy to play with. this time, knowing the treasure that lay inside, the child turned back into raven, who snatched the box in his beak and flew up through the smoke hole in the ceiling. once away from the sky chief, raven released the sun from its confinement. light shone across the entire earth, illuminating mountains, rivers, and oceans. raven no longer had to fly through the dark. –“the raven and the first men – the beginnings of the haida” in the haida myth, raven releases sources of light. what conclusion can be drawn about the haida’s values based on this part of creation? nature is something that must be kept hidden away. the moon, the stars, and the sun are important parts of the world around the haida. the haida value the sun more than the moon or the stars. the haida are not concerned with parent and child relationships.

Read the two conclusions to cinderella. conclusion a: “this is not the true bride,” said he to the father; “have you no other daughters? ” then cinderella took her shoe off, and put on the golden slipper, and it fitted as if it had been made for her. and when he drew near the prince knew her, and said, “this is the right bride.” then he took cinderella on his horse and rode away. conclusion b: he obliged cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax. the astonishment of her two sisters was great, but it was still greater when cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper and put it on her foot. thereupon, in came her godmother, who, having touched cinderella's clothes with her wand, made them more magnificent than those she had worn before. and now her two sisters found her to be that beautiful lady they had seen at the ball. they threw themselves at her feet to beg pardon for all their ill treatment of her. cinderella took them up, and, as she embraced them, said that she forgave them with all her heart, and begged them to love her always. she was conducted to the young prince, dressed as she was. he thought her more charming than ever, and, a few days after, married her. cinderella, who was as good as she was beautiful, gave her two sisters a home in the palace, and that very same day married them to two great lords of the court. which conclusion to cinderella is stronger? why? conclusion a is stronger because it uses dialogue that readers understand the prince's feelings toward cinderella. conclusion b is stronger because it describes a surprising and positive resolution to the conflict between the characters. conclusion a is stronger because it contains an emotional moment in which cinderella learns something. conclusion b is stronger because it shows that all of the characters changed and got what they deserved.

Ead this excerpt from the introduction to wheels of change by sue macy. imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. how suffocated women must have felt. and how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons. why does the author include this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.