pls help me write an essay. Texts often challenge the cultural norms of the day. Choose a text, analyze how an author’s experiences shaped his/her views of cultural norms and are reflected in the writing. Synthesize how these norms have changed throughout history and are continued to be challenged today. Use at least two other sources such as songs, poems, movies, or informational texts to support your ideas.

the answer is c. the wind

judge is the correct answer

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.