Question

Choose one of the characteristics below of stories that endure and explain how you see that characteristic in "The Pomegranate Seeds".

Characteristics of stories that endure: Action-packed plot, descriptive details, major conflicts, realistic characters, or connection to real life.

Answer in complete sentences and provide examples to demonstrate your understanding.

Answer 1

Well, what is "The Pomegranate Seeds" about?

Answer 2

There are a couple of versions of this story, but this is the one I got:
Persephone was Demeter's daughter. Demeter was the goddess of harvest and Persephone was the goddess of springtime. One day, while they were picking flowers, Hades, the lord of the dead, came out of the ground and kidnapped Persephone. Demeter looked everywhere for her. She soon learned that Hades fell in love with Persephone and asked Zeus to help him kidnap her so she could become his bride. Demeter was devastated and started to mourn for weeks. The crops started to wilt and humans couldn't grow crops anymore. Zeus decided to do something about it. He told Hermes to bring back Persephone and to make sure she didn't eat any food from the Underworld. (If you ate food from the Underworld, you had to stay there forever.) Hermes went and fetched Persephone. Before she left, Hades convinced her to eat 6 pomegranate seeds. Hermes made a compromise and said Persephone had to stay in the Underworld as Hades wife for 6 months, one month for every pomegranate seed. That's why there are seasons. In the fall and winter, Persephone goes down into the Underworld and Demeter mourns. In the summer and spring, she comes back and Demeter rejoices.

Answer 3

OK. So, do we have an "Action-packed plot, descriptive details, major conflicts, realistic characters, or connection to real life." here? There are ways you could link in may of these.

Answer 4

I don't understand what your asking or saying?

Answer 5

OK. So, do we have an "Action-packed plot, descriptive details, major conflicts, realistic characters, or connection to real life." here? There are ways you could link in may of these.


Action-packed plot, kidnapping, the search, and other events. Some is action, some is not.

Descriptive details, lots of little things described?

Major conflicts, \(\leftarrow\) OK, the gods fighting over a girl. Ahem.

Realistic characters, though they are gods there is love, bargaining, and other human traits to them.

Connection to real life, those same human traits and the seasons.

Answer 6

So basically you need to pick the one of those you see and understand the most, then expand on it. Why you see it, how, etc.

Answer 7

OK thanks