Question

hi! can you help me out with this question, "Why do you think people like stories about characters who take enormous risks for the chance of a large reward?”

im kinda stuck and really need help on this, thank you in advance!

Answer 1

It can be satisfying to see a character overcome a struggle. It is also fun to use books as testing ground to see how things work. It can be applied it to your own life if you think it would be beneficial to your life (like learning from character's successes and mistakes).

Answer 2

this is the full question:

In “El Diablo de La Cienega” the characters make a Faustian bargain, or a bargain with an evil figure. Research one of the following stories that also feature Faustian bargains.
Faust (German legend)
Orpheus and Eurydice (ancient Greek myth)
Robert Johnson at the Crossroads (American legend)
Devil’s Bridge (European legends)
Write a summary that explains a Faustian bargain. After your summary, answer the question, “Why do you think people like stories about characters who take enormous risks for the chance of a large reward?”



I am writing about the robert Johnson at the crossroads, btw I read the story

Answer 3

Amy gave you plenty of good ideas. Once you write up YOUR response to the question, someone here will critique it for you if you post it.

Answer 4

thank you Amy and Writeacher! I appreciate your help and I will post my answer when done :)

Answer 5

but what is "Robert Johnson at the American crossroads"? I'm kinda stuck on that one

Answer 6

https://www.google.com/search?q=Robert+Johnson+at+the+Crossroads&oq=Robert+Johnson+at+the+Crossroads&aqs=chrome..69i57.1244j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Answer 7

can you check my answer?

Robert Johnson was songwriter, musician, and an American Blues singer, who died at an early age of 27. The Crossroads, (also known as the Cross Road Blues), was a song that he sang on his Guitar about, “Selling his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical talents”. Robert Johnson is known as the legendary Blues musician, died at a young age, and still remains a mystery of how he died. Some people believe that Johnson was murdered by a jealous husband of a women whom he had flirted, or some people believe that he was playing at a country dance and the women of a jealous bar owner gives Johnson some Whisky with some poison, called strychnine.

Answer 8

This doesn't make sense: "he sang on his Guitar"

Be sure you're clear on the difference between "woman" and "women" in at least 2 places.

You need "with" here ~~> with "whom he had flirted"

Answer 9

Robert Johnson was songwriter, musician, and an American Blues singer, who died at an early age of 27. The Crossroads, (also known as the Cross Road Blues), was a song that he sang on his Guitar about, “Selling his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical talents”. Robert Johnson is known as the legendary Blues musician, died at a young age, and still remains a mystery of how he died. Some people believe that Johnson was murdered by a jealous husband of a woman with whom he had flirted, or some people believe that he was playing at a country dance and the woman of a jealous bar owner gives Johnson some Whisky with some poison, called strychnine.




I put in the corrections, I appreciate the feedback!

Answer 10

is it good now, or is there any other feedback you can give me?

Answer 11

There are three parts to your assignment. You’ve written part of it, but what happened to the rest?

— Write a summary that explains a Faustian bargain.
— After your summary, answer the question, “Why do you think people like stories about characters who take enormous risks for the chance of a large reward?”

Answer 12

yes, I haven't forgotten about the other parts, I am working on that :)

Answer 13

ok, I finished my response to, write a summary Faustian Bargain.

my answer:

A Faustian Bargain is an exchange in which someone sacrifices something or someone that is very important and essential in his/her life and sacrifices it with an evil demon, or anything evil. In most stories around the world, mostly everyone uses the evil figure Devil. For example in, “Robert Johnson at the American Crossroads”, in Robert Johnson’s song, “The Cross Road Blues”, he explains an evil bargain with the devil, by “Exchanging his soul for his musical talents”.

Answer 14

I still kinda don't understand, the third question, “Why do you think people like stories about characters who take enormous risks for the chance of a large reward?”, it at least has to be 7 sentences long. can someone help me?

Answer 15

Ask yourself these questions and you'll know!

Why do people like to watch horror movies?
Why do people like to watch gory movies?