In this unit, you explored the theme of a natural balance and examined the guiding question: What is our place in nature? Based on your reading in this unit, what impact can humans have on nature? How are humans and nature interrelated?
Based on some of the informational articles you read in this unit, how has our role in nature evolved throughout time?
How have the experiences of the characters and other people highlighted in unit shaped your understanding of striking a natural balance? How can humans work to achieve or maintain balance with nature?

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.