26. The City of Ember has many problems. It is running low on resources, has occasional epidemics and an unreliable power supply. There is also corruption in the government and the educational system does not encourage creativity or intellectual growth. Select one of these problems, or one of your own choosing, and write an essay. The essay should define the problem and how it is harming the population, and offer at least two possible solutions to the problem.

Which heroic quality does manjiro show in the excerpt? read the excerpt from heart of a samurai.that night, lying in his bunk, manjiro couldn’t trying the new words. “buttons,” he whispered. “pockets. shoes. bread.” bread was hard to say. he tried again and again. “captain,” he said. “whitfield.”“what are you doing? ” goemon said.“maybe if i learn some words, i can ask questions.”goemon groaned. “more questions! ”“if we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us? ”

Read this example: original work - a novel about a man's struggles to returnhome to his family after spending the past ten yearsfighting in a war.which work would represent a change to the artistic medium of this originalwork? a. a story written about the man's adventures since the warb. a novel that translates the story into another language.c. a painting of the man wishing he was home with his familyd. a book written about the war the man was fighting

Match each excerpt to the epic characteristics it contains