Read the following story: An old-timer warns a prospector that he should
never
travel alone in the Alaskan wilderness when the
temperature is 50 below zero. The prospector laughs at the
old-timer and travels into the wilderness anyway. He soon
gets in serious trouble when he realizes that his hands are
shaking too much for him to start a fire.
Which is most clearly a general theme in the story?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”