The polynesian people are considered to be descendants of the seafaring austronesian people who themselves originated in the malaysian region of southeast asia. polynesia is a sub-region of oceania, located just northeast of australia and new zealand. although polynesia is composed of over 1,000 islands, the people living on those islands share a similar culture, language, and ethnicity. over 6,000 years ago, sailors and their families took to the seas in search of more lands. they scattered across the islands of the south pacific. the process these people used to navigate is yet unknown to anthropologists. samoa and tonga are both american protectorates located in polynesia; hawaii is also located there. 1 select the correct answer. which of these best states the author's purpose? a. to educate the reader about the polynesian people b. to entertain the reader with a polynesian myth c. to explain how the u. s. acquired its pacific islands d. to persuade the reader take a trip to polynesia

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

harry says he would trade a gold mine for a glass of water.

the correct answewr its b, hope it you alot whit your work qwq