OML HELP ME! Synthesis is a critical thinking skill in which you put together significant pieces of what you have learned in order to create additional meaning. A Synthesis shows that you comprehended what you read, broken it apart into smaller pieces to study individually, and rebuilt it into a concise insight.

Write a careful and thoughtful paragraph that discusses the prompt in a nuanced way:

What makes a hero?
In the modern Epic of Lord of the Rings, we are presented with a pair of heroes rather than just the one ' Eowyn and Merry. Obviously Eowyn's gender and Merry's stature differentiate them from the giant, masculine heroes of Beowulf and Gilgamesh. Write a paragraph that compares and contrasts the relevant aspects of their heroic feats and characteristics. Then, in the conclusion of your paragraph, discuss: Are the differences in gender and stature relevant to their status as heroes? Avoid making sweeping generalizations. Be specific, and strive to find the most precise way to describe these heroes. Use the following questions to help you find important points of comparison:

How do the heroes take down their foes? Do they use their bare hands, or weapons?
Does the hero consider the distinction important?
Which heroes have similar physical characteristics? Which heroes are different from the others, and do those differences affect their ability to be heroic?
Which heroes engage in boasting ("trash talk") or other banter before the fight? What is the purpose of these pre'battle exchanges?
Which heroes work in partners? What role does their partner play, and does teamwork imply strength or weakness in the hero within their story?
You do not need to address each of the bulleted prompts above directly, but a good response will show me that you have considered these questions.

In just over one hundred years, between 1701 and 1810, 252,500 enslaved africans were brought to barbados—an island that occupies only 166 square miles (making it, today, one of the smallest countries in the world). the english then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with jamaica, which they took from spain in 1655. in the same period that the 252,500 africans were brought to barbados, 662,400 africans were taken to jamaica. thus, sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery, across the atlantic, to barbados and jamaica—and these were just two of the sugar islands. the english were eagerly filling antigua, nevis, saint kitts, and montserrat with slaves and sugar mills. they took over much of dutch guiana for the same reason. seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the french started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of hispaniola that they controlled (which is now haiti), as well as martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana (along the south american coast near dutch guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more african slaves. by 1753, british ships were taking average of 34,250 slaves from africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim? x(a) they use secondary sources to show how french and english monarchs were indifferent to enslaved people. x(b)they use secondary sources to show that enslaved people often fought for their freedom after arriving in the caribbean. the answer is: (c)they use facts from primary sources to show how countries increased the number of enslaved people to produce more sugar. x(d)they use primary source interviews to show that countries could make more money in trading sugar without using enslaved people.