Which theme is represented in this excerpt from book 24 of the odyssey? "in vain old mentor's form the god belied; 'twas heaven that struck, and heaven was on his side." a sudden horror all the assembly shook, when slowly rising, halitherses spoke (reverend and wise, whose comprehensive view at once the present and the future knew): "me too, ye fathers, hear! from you proceed the ills ye mourn; your own the guilty deed. ye gave your sons, your lawless sons, the rein (oft warn'd by mentor and myself in vain); an absent hero's bed they sought to soil, an absent hero's wealth they made their spoil; immoderate riot, and intemperate lust! the offence was great, the punishment was just. weigh then my counsels in an equal scale, nor rush to ruin. justice will prevail." a. suffering b. deception c. loyalty d. piety e. tradition

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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me

well basically since ima beginner people will answer any subject "right away"and if you get more points you could ask more questions or if you answer someone's question you get points

after i had a fight with my girlfriend, ben advised me to apologise.

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