8. craft and structure: how does the sentence beginning "for unlike my mother, i did not " connect to the first paragraph of the story? does this suggest that the conflict in the story is primarily internal or external?
based on the text, the conflict is based on the characters difference in opinions. the first four words " for unlike my mother," indicate an immediate difference in both of their opinions. the main character does not believe she could do anything she wanted to be, as this is stated in the past tense this could refer to a change in her mind. emotionally this character is pessimistic, where as the mother is open minded and optimistic making her the winner. overall this is a emotional conflict between a parent and a child who does not believe in themselves.

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b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate. 

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job