Story from "Of mice and men" Crooks had a negative opinion of his "bedroom" while Candy and Lennie seemed to admire the room. Why might their perspective have been so different? How does this illustrate "the American dream?"

What does moon shadow think about where the tang people live (text evidence)

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.

Which except is told from first-person point of view