“would sit staring at the copper, with such eager eyes, as if they could have devoured the very bricks of which it was ”

boldness and strongness. don't let others bully you, stand up for yourself

explanation:

. a function is a relation in which each input has only one output. in the relation , y is a function of x, because for each input x (1, 2, 3, or 0), there is only one output y. x is not a function of y, because the input y = 3 has multiple outputs: x = 1 and x = 2.