Anovel contains these parallel plots: 1. a teenager deals with the pressures of trying to fit in at a new school. 2. a woman starts a new job and has trouble learning the ropes. how are the plots similar?

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.