The author's purpose in writing literary history: the epic and the epic hero is most likely:
a. to entertain readers with a humorous story about a hero and his adventures
b. to persuade readers to study a story form as a way of learning writing techniques
c. to inform readers about a style of literature that contributes to an understanding of a people
d. to encourage readers to examine early literature as a means of understanding character development

1 - shakespeare

2 - stephen king

3 - stephenie meyer

4 - seiichi morimura

5 - sabrina elkins

6 - sally cheney

7 - samantha hunter

8 - shelley bates

9 - sue civil-brown

10 - sylvie kurtz

martians or other types of aliens represent a unique fear as opposed to zombies. vampires and other types of monsters.   in most sci-fi stories, aliens come from other worlds and have different or more advanced technology.   abductions and experimentation on human bodies that involve these technologies, or the use of these technologies against human beings and the use of unknown "powers", are a type of fear that's different from that of other types of monsters.