Read the excerpt from the haida creation myth. the chief tried to catch the moon before it escaped, but it was too late. he resolved not to let the child have anything else to play with. instead, he decided, his daughter would just have to give it away to another woman. but the daughter refused. she had grown to love the baby, despite his irritable behavior. this excerpt supports the idea that the sky chief valued -his daughter more than his grandson. -his daughter and his possessions equally. -his grandson more than his possessions. -his possessions more than his family.

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.