The story told in Around the World in Eighty Days is set the year 1873. It is about a man who makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. How does the historical time period influence the events in the passage? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings