Bold Thinking
When you lace a problems that seems impossible to solve. you may
seems impossible to solve, you may need some wisdom or
clear thinking to help solve it. You might need an idea thal culs through
lea hal culs through the confusion. In other
words, you might need bold thinking to cut through that Gordian kool
ent times. A wise man had once foretold that a
Oly new king would be the next man to arrive in a wagon When the peasant Gordius and
rode mo that city in a cart pulled by oxen, Gordius was proclaimed king of the city, and the city
named Gordiurn. The wise ma's prediction had comc truc Gordius then tied the pole ihat con
the oxen's yoke to his wagon using an intricate knot. According to legend, the man who could untie
the complicated loop would rule over Asia
In 333 BCE, Alexander the Great was marching into an area that is now a part of Turkey. He
came to the city called Gordium Alexander the Great studied the knot. Like many men before bin.
e could find no way to untie it. So he took his sword and sliced through it. He solved the problem in
bold and resourceful manner.
So what can you do if you are faced with a Gordian knot? Think about the problem, and then
Eure out a bold way to solve it

in at least 150 words, discuss the tone of the narrator in "i stand here ironing," and explain how it impacts the telling of the story

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."

israel is a small country in the middle east about the size of the state of new jersey. the country has a diverse climate with snowy mountains in the north and the hot desert in the south. jordan, syria, and the palestinian authority all border israel to the east. lebanon serves as the northern border and egypt borders in the south.about two-thirds of the population was born in israel. all other israelis come from over 100 different countries. most israeli jews live a lifestyle similar to western europeans and north americans.israel's population is about 75 percent jewish; most of the rest is arab. the israeli-occupied palestinian territories have some 3.5 million inhabitants—about 11 percent jewish, 89 percent palestinian.because of israel's variety of terrain and climate, the country has a large variety of animals. boars roam the damp oak woodlands of the golan heights. caspian turtles live in the marshlands along the coast. and hyenas are prevalent in the negev desert region in the southern israel.israel is the only fully democratic country in the middle east. elections are held for seats in the knesset or parliament every four years. if a party wins 2 percent of the votes, the party gets one or more seats in parliament. no one party has control so they have to work together. the leader of the largest party becomes prime minister.the story of modern israel begins more than 3,500 years ago. most israelis are jews, who are said to be descended from the biblical figure abraham, through his son isaac.

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