Read the excerpt from "The Flood" by James Baldwin.
And so they walked on, down the steep slope of mount parnassus, and as they walked they picked up the loose stones in their way and cast them over their shoulders; and strange to say, the stones which deucalion threw sprang up as full-grown men, strong, and handsome, and brave; and the stones which pyrrha threw sprang up as full-grown women, lovely and fair. when at last they reached the plain they found themselves at the head of a noble company of human beings, all eager to serve them. –"the flood," james baldwin.
what do these two excerpts reveal about the adaptations?
O both show how the natural world is interconnected.
O both focus on the importance of humans.
O both focus on the importance of gods.
O both show how the human world is interconnected.
O broadens her focus to include nonhuman creatures, while baldwin focuses only on humans.
