What is the purpose of the story about the falcon being killed by the owl? A. To show that falcons just aren't as awesome as people make them out to be
B. To show that the murder that took place has knocked nature itself out of order (fair is foul .. and
whatnot)
C. To show that in any battle of birds, you can never underestimate the heart of an owl
D. There is no purpose - 70 year old men tend to just ramble on and on and on and on ...

With the extra income, the bookers moved to a housing project. "loveman's village was brick," wash said, "and it was warm and well lit. there was a bathtub. it had hot and cold running water. there was a gas heater with a thermostat that came on whenever it got cold." how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story?

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

According to stephen hawking in the "origin of the universe" lecture, "why are we here" and "where did we come from" are questions that