Why do some people want to believe in the impossible? in the monkeys paw

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. why does the author use the words "wet brown life” in this excerpt? a to show that the grass is still alive and growing b to indicate that the mud is all over everything c to signify how wet the night has become d to point out that the toads are living things

Which sentence from the story best illustrates how jeannette feels about her family’s choice of vacation?

Matt is writing a literary analysis essay on shakespeare's use of foreshadowing in act 1 scene 1 of richard 3. which lines in this excerpt from that scene can he use as textual evidence in his essay?