Question

ow does the fact that Midas’s experience is presented as real while Julio’s experience is imagined contribute to the style of each text?


Excerpt from "King Midas of the Golden Touch" relates events that are more realistic than the ones presented in "The Problem with Popularity."


Excerpt from "King Midas of the Golden Touch" has a setting that is more believable than the one described in "The Problem with Popularity."


Excerpt from "King Midas of the Golden Touch" features a main character with more familiar traits than the one in "The Problem with Popularity."


Excerpt from "King Midas of the Golden Touch" presents a problem that seems much more serious than the one in "The Problem with Popularity."

Answer 1

Answer: The difference changes tone, narrator distance, and stakes. Presenting Midas’s experience as “real” gives that excerpt an authoritative, fable-like style (objective narration, concrete sensory detail, and high external stakes), while Julio’s imagined experience produces a more subjective, playful or introspective style (internal voice, wish-fulfillment exaggeration, lower real-world consequences).

Now apply that to the four statements:

1) "Excerpt from 'King Midas…' relates events that are more realistic than the ones presented in 'The Problem with Popularity.'"
- False. Although Midas’s story is narrated as if it actually happens, its events are fantastical. Julio’s are imagined within a realistic frame, so they may be less literal but come from a recognizably modern reality.

2) "Excerpt from 'King Midas…' has a setting that is more believable than the one described in 'The Problem with Popularity.'"
- False. The Midas setting is a fairy‑tale kingdom (less plausibly realistic). Julio’s scene is likely a familiar contemporary setting (more believable).

3) "Excerpt from 'King Midas…' features a main character with more familiar traits than the one in 'The Problem with Popularity.'"
- False. Midas is a mythic king defined by archetypal traits (greed, hubris). Julio, as a contemporary kid imagining popularity, is probably more relatable and familiar to modern readers.

4) "Excerpt from 'King Midas…' presents a problem that seems much more serious than the one in 'The Problem with Popularity.'"
- True. Midas’s dilemma (everything he touches turning to gold, endangering life and relationships) has far higher, concrete consequences than a typical popularity problem, so it reads as much more serious.

Short summary: The “real” presentation of Midas creates a formal, moralizing, high-stakes style; the imagined nature of Julio’s scene produces a subjective, lower-stakes, and often more relatable tone.