By understanding Itza' folkbiological cognition, Atran and Medin aim to modify the "commons" model to take account of the non-tragedy situation in Petén and to draw implications for agent-based modeling of resource management.
But in private, the tragedy of the situation looms larger.
In a laid-back drawl, Patio muses aloud about Lathem's situation: "Tragedy.
"It shows the tragedy of the situation at home," Ms Pelenska said.
Lane called this bittersweet style "situation tragedy", where humour comes with an undercurrent of aching sadness.
He added: "There's a natural sense of shock and awareness of the tragedy of the situation.
Even Marion, an 8-year-old whose brother molests her, is aware of the tragedy of her situation.
I believed that this Drummond felt his age, felt the years he'd known Brady, felt the tragedy of a situation in which no one, personally, would win.
"It's almost Shakespearean, the tragedy of this situation, and has Shakespearean consequences in the potential level of disaster," he said.
Stokes concluded the essay by lamenting, "The tragedy of the situation is that the middle class Negro is not the real culprit.
The tragedy of this situation is the tyranny of politics and ideology standing in the way of Koreans living together peacefully on their peninsula and North Koreans being integrated into the global community.
