Question

rangi, the sky father, held his beloved, papa, and together they bore many sons who were not human, but rather elements of nature. these sons loved their parents, but rangi and papa’s embrace was so tight that they had no space to move or to lead their lives. they lay in the darkness, constricted and unhappy. tu, the first son, decided that he and his brothers must act. “we should kill our parents,” he suggested, for he was the god of war. “it will be difficult, but it is the only way we can truly be free!” —“the māori: genealogies and origins in new zealand” based on this passage, which values seem to be most important to the māori?

• freedom and individuality
• togetherness and love
• killing and war
• sacrifice and unhappiness

Explanation:

The passage opens with Rangi and Papa (Sky Father and Earth Mother) in a loving embrace, and their sons love their parents. The core conflict is that their tight togetherness restricts the sons, but the foundational focus is on the loving bond between the parents and the sons' affection for them. The other options do not align: the sons desire freedom but it's framed as a response to being trapped, not a core value; killing is only a harsh proposed solution, not a valued ideal; sacrifice and unhappiness are negative outcomes, not values.

Answer:

togetherness and love