<p>Page 393... numbers 15, 16, and 17....</p>
<p>My mother and I couldn't understand the rationale for 15 and 16, whereas she got 17, and I could not. So, could someone explain 15 and 16 to both of us, and 17 to me? =D</p>
<p>hey, i’ll try explaining my rationale for the correct answer, but i don’t know how coherent it will be…but here goes anyway:</p>
<p>15) Rousseau was a European philosopher, yes. But the reference to him has nothing to do with either the fact that he is a philosopher or that he is European. </p>
<p>Line 14 says “This idea is certainly not new. Rousseau’s…” Thus the reference to Rosseau is emphasizing something about the IDEA. For purposes of answering this question, Rosseau is just some dead guy with an opinion or IDEA. Therefore we can rule out A (philosophy), D (European), and E (thinker=philosopher).</p>
<p>The key is that he simply is some old dead guy. A dead guy who lived a long time ago and had an idea that is still believed today. </p>
<p>Thus the answer is B) longevity to certain types of misconceptions. </p>
<p>Line 1: “…LIVING Native Americans remain AS mysterious, exotic, and unfathomable…” </p>
<p>This line corresponds with line 14-15 “Rousseau’s ‘noble savage’ wandered…assumed to be incomprehensible”</p>
<p>So Rousseau believed the Native Americans were mysterious (“incomprehensible”, what you can’t understand is most certainly a mystery) savages of nature…just like people see them as “mysterious” and “unfathomable” today.</p>
<p>…Haha yeah that was definitely an unnecessarily long and confusing explanation. hopefully someone else will post one that makes more sense. But this just shows my thinking process…i can never explain the way i think very well, it works in my head, but i can’t say it out loud. sorry!</p>
<p>Okay now let me attempt to explain question 16…</p>
<p>Throughout the passage, the speaker emphasizes how white ppl see native americans as different/mysterious/exotic/not-quite-civilized human/etc. (lines 1-2, line 10-12, line 14-17)</p>
<p>This concept/perception of them as not quite human is the “crowd-pleaser”. People love the idea of a wild savage human-like creature roaming the woods, but the creature is not really human.</p>
<p>Of course, as the passage goes on to tell us, native americans ARE human. This contradicts the common perception of them. Thus the answer is A)anthropological FALLACY or bad/wrong way of thinking.</p>
<p>and question 17…i originally got this wrong when i took the test, but i guess you could apply the same thinking i did to 16, the fact that native americans really are human when ppl want to believe they aren’t.</p>