What do toms actions in chapter one reveal about his character the great gatsby

What is one thing that happened to benno harte when he and his family left france to escape the nazis?

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?

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example question 3 options: a allusion b alliteration c simile d personification