He’s trying, but he can’t seem the
answer. (figure out)

One way that the novel differs from earlier literary works is that novelists often leave out many details associated with the setting novels only portray positive aspects of heroes and other important figures characters' personalities in novels are only revealed through dialogue readers are often able to relate better to the characters in novels

Danny went for a long bike ride he covered at least forty miles

The consequence of jim smiley’s human foible adds to the story’s humor. what foible does smiley demonstrate?