Choose the meaning of the bold word based on this sentence in F451: "With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black."

"With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black."

Stolid, the bold word based on this sentence in f451 place means:

Steady, calmed, dependable, of little emotion, or low animation.

Explanation:

Stolid is an adjective word to qualify or assign a characteristic to a subject. The characteristic it provides is of a steady, calmed, or low animated object. It comes from Latin stolidus and french stolide which means obsolete in french and insensible or slow in Latin. In other words, is something that won't move fast and that will remain steady due to its nature.  

realistic fiction depicts life and society in a true to life  manner.

its main characters are dynamic.

they grow and transform with their experiences, making it easier for readers to  relate to them.

this genre primarily focuses on the  daily struggles  of ordinary people, validating their experiences.

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the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.