Which passage from Grendel best illustrates the theme “life is meaningliess”? 1.I kiss the ice the frozen creeks, I press my ear to it, honoring the water that rattles below, for by water they came (151)
2.Be so kind as to give/ us some advice, old man. We’ve come on a fairly important errand. (154)
3.And yet I address him, whispering, whimpering, whining. “if you win, it’s by mindless chance. Make no mistake”.
4.Except in the life of a hero, the whole world’s meaningless. The hero sees values beyond what’s possible. That’s the nature of a hero..=

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings