Read the excerpt from "How the Grimm Brothers
Saved the Fairy Tale."
When Jacob (b. 1785) and Wilhelm (b. 1786) began
collecting folk tales and songs at the beginning of the
nineteenth century, they were precocious students at
the University of Marburg, still in their teens. They
grew up quite fast, plagued by money problems and
caring for their siblings-their father died in 1796,
leaving the once middle-class family in poverty. Their
situation was further aggravated by the rampant
Napoleonic Wars. Jacob interrupted his studies to
serve the Hessian War Commission, although Wilhelm
passed his law exams and found work as a low-paid
librarian in the royal library. In 1807, Jacob lost his
position with the War Commission, when the French
occupied Kassel, but he was then hired as a librarian
for the new King Jérome, Napoleon's brother, who
now ruled Westphalia. Amidst all the upheavals, their
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Which structure is used in this excerpt?
order of importance
O chronological
cause and effect
problem and solution