Letter II - the writer goes off on a lengthy tangent, telling a story about "the master is a person of an excellent disposition" Why this tangent? What's the purpose of this tale - shouldn't we be reading about a crazy monster killing people?(consider the writer's own motivations for his voyage and compare with the motivations this person had in making the decision he did with regards to his betrothal - who was acting selfishly?) *

the correct answer is a

answer: both considered peasants valued members of society.

explanation: the ancient chinese and indian empires were large asian empires that had the same problems with other big empires, they had to work hard and sometimes fight in order to keep them united, they both relied heavily on their capacity to trade and to send strange and rare items to europe, and had the father as the head of the house hold in both societies, but they didn´t considered pleasants as valued members of their society, they were the bottom of the social pyramid in both of their societies.

its a !