His name was enoch and his father was the priest of the snake cult. the story went that enoch had killed and eaten the sacred python, and that his father had cursed him.

mr. brown preached against such excess of zeal. everything was possible, he told his energetic flock, but not everything was expedient. and so mr. brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.

based on the context in which it appears, what does the word "expedient" most likely mean in this excerpt from achebe’s things fall apart?

3. what differences do you see in the statistics between the two cities? what factors might account for the differences you see?

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

According to the study what did john steinbeck do to prepare for his book the grapes of wrath