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Percy Jackson, Disney’s Hercules, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Coco,
Reading Comprehension Questions:
1. This story is narrated by Socrates, who is speaking to Glaucon
2. Though all the surrounding bodies have signs of decay, Er’s body does not
3. When Er wakes he is at the stake, about to be burned
4. Er see’s two openings in the sky, and two in the earth. The two in the sky are for the righteous to ascend into heaven, and the ones in the ground are for the people being sent down into the earth.
5. Judges guard the openings, and place tablets on the souls to show their deeds and whether they ascend or not
6. Unjust souls go down into the ground to suffer in torment for thousands of years.
7. The souls of people who committed heinous crimes
8. They still undergo a form of judgement, but don’t really face the harsh punishments, or time in the heavens
9. Odysseus chooses the life if a humble man, one who does not have great fame or fortune.
10. He killed his father and brother, as well as wreaking havoc on his city
11. The Spindle is described as “8 whorls”, each with a siren atop it. Next to the spindle stand Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos
12. The River Lethe