7. When comparing and contrasting similar myths from different cultures you might want to look at: the setting and mood

the conflicts and plot

the hero and villain in both

all of the above

all of the above

Explanation:

All the elements that make up a myth, present cultural concepts of the people who created it. In this way, we can have very important cultural revelations to understand a civilization. When we compare two myths of different peoples, it is impossible that we do not compare the culture and beliefs that these people presented through their stories. For this reason, you must look at all the elements of the myth, before drawing conclusions. In that case we must look at the scenario and the climate, the conflicts, the plot, the heroes and the villains.

in at least 150 words, discuss the tone of the narrator in "i stand here ironing," and explain how it impacts the telling of the story

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.