Writing prompt: Write a compare-and-contrast analysis of how culture shapes the heroes in Heart of a Samurai and Black Ships Before Troy. Use transition words in your draft to help clarify relationships of ideas.

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In this essay I will clarify how the culture in both Heart of a Samurai and Black Ships Before Troy culture shape the heroes in both thee story. The first story I will clarify this on is Black Ships Before Troy. The second story I will clarify on is Heart of a Samurai.

 In the story Black Ships Before Troy, Lacoon had tried to warn the Trojans to not bring the wooden horse into Troy. Then, After he had warned the Trojans, he was killed by Athena's sea serpents. Next, the Trojans had thought that Athena had killed Lacoon because he had thrown a spear at the wooden horse and he said that the horse couldn't be trusted. Finally, The people had thought he had died because he had offended Athena.

In the story Heart of a Samurai, culture affects the main character because he wants to be a samurai. First, he was born into a fisherman family. Then, he wanted to become a samurai but because of his fisherman culture it took time for the other people to realize that just because you were born into a family of fisherman, does not mean you have to be a fisherman. Finally, he had to learn from the elders to become a samurai.

All of the evidence claims how culture shapes the heroes in Heart of a Samurai and Black Ships Before Troy. First, it shows how the people thought that Athena killed Lacoon because of offense. Finally, it shows how the people had to change their culture by showing that even though you were born into a fisherman family, does not mean you have to be a fisherman.

Explanation:

I hope this helps I think you can answer your four side questions with this

3rd person, because the narrator is out of the story but explains the feeling of the main character

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.