that these actions have been forbidden the beginning of “since time.” What is the significance of knowledge in this society? What can Knowledge is very important to this society. we infer from the fact that only the priests possess the * It is desired by the narrator; he says knowledge and my “my knowledge? Cite specific evidence to support your answer. lack of knowledge burned in me- I wished to know more.” * The priests are obviously the most important group in the society, so it speaks to the importance of knowledge that it is the priests who are wise. * The narrator separates his society from others by saying, “we are not ignorant like the Forest People…” * Knowledge is also portrayed as hard work; it says have “…we not forgotten the old writings, although they are hard to understand.” The narrator says, knowledge made me happy--it was like The narrator means that knowledge made him feel alive. He “My a fire in my heart.” What is meant by this? states that he was taught to in the old books,” and “read “make the old writings…” In this context, fire is associated with passion. The heart is usually equated with love, so the author is indirectly comparing knowledge to love. What is the significance of signs and dreams in this society? The dreams and the signs are the tools by which the knowledge How do these signs and dreams relate to knowledge? Cite is given to the narrator. These dreams and signs determine the textual specific evidence in your answer. behaviors and actions of the narrator, thus the dreams are very important. The narrator’s father says, is a strong dream.” “This He also says, may eat you up.” “…it The narrator's father states that the narrator's strong dream As his father has predicted, the narrator is so consumed with "may eat you up." How does the narrator tie the events to the his dream that he continues on into the place of the gods, father's statement? rather than just viewing it from the cliff. He says it was “… enough to spend the night upon the cliff.” Yet he knows he has to continue on even though it’s dangerous. He says, knew “I that I should have to cross the river and walk in the place of the gods, although the gods ate me up.”
that these actions have been forbidden “since the beginning of time.” What is the significance of knowledge in this society? What can we infer from the fact that only the priests possess the knowledge? Cite specific evidence to support your answer. Knowledge is very important to this society. * It is desired by the narrator; he says “my knowledge and my lack of knowledge burned in me- I wished to know more.” * The priests are obviously the most important group in the society, so it speaks to the importance of knowledge that it is the priests who are wise. * The narrator separates his society from others by saying, “we are not ignorant like the Forest People…” * Knowledge is also portrayed as hard work; it says “…we have not forgotten the old writings, although they are hard to understand.” The narrator says, “My knowledge made me happy--it was like a fire in my heart.” What is meant by this? The narrator means that knowledge made him feel alive. He states that he was taught to “read in the old books,” and “make the old writings…” In this context, fire is associated with passion. The heart is usually equated with love, so the author is indirectly comparing knowledge to love. What is the significance of signs and dreams in this society? How do these signs and dreams relate to knowledge? Cite textual specific evidence in your answer. The dreams and the signs are the tools by which the knowledge is given to the narrator. These dreams and signs determine the behaviors and actions of the narrator, thus the dreams are very important. The narrator’s father says, “This is a strong dream.” He also says, “…it may eat you up.” The narrator's father states that the narrator's strong dream "may eat you up." How does the narrator tie the events to the father's statement? As his father has predicted, the narrator is so consumed with his dream that he continues on into the place of the gods, rather than just viewing it from the cliff. He says “… it was enough to spend the night upon the cliff.” Yet he knows he has to continue on even though it’s dangerous. He says, “I knew that I should have to cross the river and walk in the place of the gods, although the gods ate me up.”
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