People tried to make sense of birth, life, death, and everything in between. They were trying to find the rules of survival. They were looking for ways to control the world around them. It gave them a psychological tool to transcend their fears. If they pleased the right god, or followed a prescribed action all would be made right. If it was not, then it was their failure or the anger of the god. They developed a complex mythology that tried to explain all causes and effects. a.
In mythology, what made the gods and goddesses happy?
c.
Write about your understanding of failure.
b.
Write a paragraph explaining the purpose of a psychological tool.
d.
What do early myths tell us of the human condition?

Read the excerpt from how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale. which idea does the author develop with the text example cited in the excerpt ?

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.

According to warren in the brown opinion, how did conditions change between the time the fourteenth amendment was adopted and the time the supreme court considered brown v. board of education?