Choose a favorite passage from the unit "Tradition vs. Change" to memorize and read aloud. In the written introduction, engage the listener; state the origin of the excerpt; and identify who wrote it and its literary significance.

Tradition vs change is a long debate. I have read a passage written by Laura Silver who raised her points on this debate and tried to convince the reader from her point.

Around 50 to 60% of the people surveyed favors change. Traditions are old and new generation rarely accepts this out dated  and old fashioned traditions.

The people of age between 18 to 21 are the mostly people who runs away from traditions set and followed by their forefather and they believes that changing these outdated traditions will help them live their life with ease.

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first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

amaterasu is my sister! wow so rude!