The promotion of a strong work ethic is central to Japanese culture. In what way is this reflected in Passage 1?
The main character ultimately realizes that a working man is more powerful even than a mountain.
The main character recognizes the hard work that must be done by each of the beings he
becomes.
The main character regrets allowing the mountain spirit to transform him because it takes him
away from his work.
The main character sees the error of his choices when the townspeople are without the stones for
houses that they need.
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even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.  

6  then the  lord  said to cain, “why are you angry?   why is your face downcast?   7  if you do what is right, will you not be accepted? but if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;   it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

8  now cain said to his brother abel, “let’s go out to the field.”  while they were in the field, cain attacked his brother abel and killed him.