13. after he meets melchizedek, santiago considers traveling to africa to start his
journey. he even goes so far as to approach a ticket window to book passage
ship to africa (across the strait of gibraltar to tangier in morocco). in the hero's
journey model, santiago is, perhaps, standing right on the threshold of
adventure: he has to decide whether to respond to the call, or not. at this point,
we see his uncertainty when he momentarily changes his mind and decides to stay
and continue being a shepherd. what makes santiago hesitate?

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community