Read these passages from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! by John DiConsiglio.
"Spanish Flu Mystery May Be Solved!"
A team of scientists has solved an 87-year-old mystery. The cause of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed 40 to 50 million people,
has finally been identified.
"People Observe World AIDS Day!"
More than 25 million people worldwide have died of the AIDS pandemic since 1981. And nearly 40 million more now live with
the disease.
By contrasting the success in identifying the Spanish flu with the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS, the author
proposes shifting from Spanish flu research to AIDS research.
implies that a breakthrough for AIDS is also possible.
states that AIDS will also be cured within 100 years.
recommends solving AIDS in the same way the flu was solved.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.