Explain the following quote: “What is fire? It’s a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledegook about friction and molecules. But they don’t really know. Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequence.”

How does the narrator’s knowledge of his postapocalyptic world in "by the waters of babylon” affect his reactions to the different settings? it motivates him to make up stories about the world and the places he explores. it has caused him to fear the settings outside the hill country, so he tries to avoid them. it forces him to reject what he sees and experiences himself at various locations in the story. it makes him cautious about new settings yet open-minded and critical of what he experiences.

Examine the conflict of a popular film. in 7-10 sentences, explain how the writer/director crafts a story around that conflict and why it is engaging for an audience.

What element of dante's inferno shows the reader that he wants to expose corruption in the church? a. by placing many church leaders among the sinners in hell b. by changing his own personality to create the dante character c. by allowing virgil, a well-respected poet, to be his guide d. by setting his story in hell and following the biblical description of hell2b2t