Select an event from popular culture in which a hero or heroine is placed in a struggle. Describe how the director or writer makes you feel toward the hero or heroine and his or her opponents. Compare and contrast this to the characters in the Odyssey.

What idea do the two texts have in common? children often travel alone to reunite with their parents. children are fleeing nueva suyapa. many children live in poverty. parents send for their children.

Read the following excerpt from the play a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry: johnson (this usa woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about everything in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the heigh of her exclamatory comments.): hello there, yourself! h’you this evening, ruth? which assumption about johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction? a. her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places

Number the events to show the order in which they occur. use 1 for the first event. luma offers to meet jeremiah’s mom and drive jeremiah to and from practice. jeremiah tries out for the soccer team. jeremiah is not allowed to play soccer because his mother does not want him around strangers. jeremiah makes the team. jeremiah’s mother agrees to the plan.