Read this excerpt from "callisto" in bulfinch's mythology. "do you ask why i, the queen of the gods, have left the heavenly plains and sought your depths. learn that i am supplanted in my place is given to another. you will hardly believe me; but look when night darkens the world, and you shall see the two, of whom i have so much reason to complain, exalted to the heavens, in that part where the circle is the smallest, in the neighborhood of the pole. why should any one hereafter tremble at the thought of offending juno, when such rewards are the consequence of my displeasure! which of the following lines would be the best textual evidence as to why juno was so angry? i have so much reason to complain. such rewards are the consequence of my displeasure. why should anyone hereafter tremble. i am supplanted in heaven.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Why does the host answer the guest with brief responses during the party?

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?