This class will be conducted as a civil society. Attacking in the forceful or sarcastic sense means removal from the course. Ask for help. This means viewing the past through the present only. I want you to use your own experiences and current world themes and patterns that help you in understanding.
Analogies can be valuable.
You must try to be as that person was. You must take all this into account. Otherwise, you will be challenged. Simple Causation vs the Bucket. I can think of nothing that occurred in the past that can be reduced to one cause.