In the article by mcnamara, she states, " throughout the book, momaday emphasizes the importance of storytelling as a tool of kiowa survival, and he meditates on the power of language to not only represent the world around him, but also to act in the world—for momaday words can inspire emotions, they can create magic, and they are always powerful tools for understanding and shaping reality." which of the following quotes supports this analysis of the kiowa's belief in the power of language? question 5 options: when the wild herds were destroyed, so too was the will of the kiowa people; there was nothing to sustain them in spirit. but these are idle recollections, the mean and ordinary agonies of human history. the interim was a time of great adventure and nobility and fulfillment. to look upon that landscape in the early morning, with the sun at your back, is to lose the sense of proportion. your imagination comes to life, and this, you think, is where creation was begun. there is a perfect freedom in the mountains, but it belongs to the eagle and the elk, the badger and the bear. the kiowas reckoned their stature by the distance they could see, and they were bent and blind in the wilderness. even now when they see the storm clouds gathering, the kiowas know what it is: that a strange wild animal roams on the sky. they speak to it, say "pass over me." they are not afraid of man-ka-ih, for it understands their language."

I think the answer is "Even now when they see the storm clouds gathering, the Kiowas know what it is: that a strange wild animal roams on the sky. ...But they speak to it, say "Pass over me." They are not afraid of Man-Ka-ih, for it understands their language."

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

2: "jesse kept on, his voice rising in anger."

4: "andy stormed out angrily."

i answered the question and it said these two were right : )

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