Answer: An explanation of the world origin.
Explanation: A distinguishing characteristics of a myth is an explanation of the world origin. A myth is a classic story that usually explain mysteries of nature with no true basis in fact.
Myth are present in every culture, myth are not necessarily true. They are used by humans to explain mankind history, natural phenomenon, and some life mysteries.
An example of a myth is a woman in the Bible who turned to a pillar of salt for looking backward.
I believe the correct answer is: He adopts the life of a pirate, becoming rich by stealing from others.
In this excerpt from “The Story of Frithiof the Bold” written by William Morris, the life in exile make Frithiof, a great hero, adopt to the life of a pirate, becoming rich by stealing from others, after the incident in the temple of Balder:
“So Frithiof became an exile, and the wanderer on the face of earth. For many years he lived the life of a pirate or Viking, exacting tribute from other ships or sacking them if they would not pay the tribute.”
Answer:
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option D.
They argue that extremely difficult conditions inspired enslaved young men to invent new forms of music.
Explanation:The passage is from the book "Sugar Changed the World" by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. This couple were inspired to write about the bitter lives laid in the sweetness of sugar. In the given passage there is a description of the enslaved workers of Louisiana where they were employed in the sugar plants.
They were forced to work in the hard condition of the sugar plants and most of the workers were late teenagers to thirty years old. They were selected as they were strong for work. The female were only give birth of enslaved child so the labor force can be produced.
This critical condition of the young enslaved workers inspired them to form a new kind of music to express their feeling which was Jazz music.This music gave them the ability to think more than their struggling life of slavery.
Same as the music Bomba from Puerto Rico, Maculele from Brazil were the invention of the people from difficult and harder situation. They found these musics as their way to express feeling.
So, the authors used historical evidence to support their claim by arguing that extremely difficult conditions inspired enslaved young men to invent new forms of music.
I'm pretty sure the answer is a