Elisas character in chrysanthemums expresses a universal longing to reach beyond our circumstances to be more and do more. Find a character in another story from this unit that shares Elisas longing. For each character, explain how the author conveys thus universal longing and makes the reader empathize with the character. How are the two characters similar and different? With which character do you feel the strongest empathy and why? I just need a specific character to put me on track.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.