What are examples of trasition words? a. step 1 and step b. first, second, next, and last.

Which revision of this sentence best uses direct characterization?

It's to know your purpose before you read something because a purpose can:

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?