Shakespeare's works have been translated and performed internationally since the 1600s -The section "Translated Into Hundreds Of Languages" is mostly organized using compare and contrast structure.
How would the section be different if it were organized using chronological structure?

What is one way that the author makes a distinction between the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental passenger flights in 1936

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.

How is dr. lanyon characterized in the excerpt? as friendly as arrogant as wise as mournful