Tom buchanan is reading a book called the rise of the colored empires. what does this say about his character?

a. tom seems to be a white supremacist who is afraid of losing his livelihood to minority groups.

b. tom enjoys reading fictional books.

c. tom supports progress in minority communities.

d. tom care about people of all races.

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?