Review the excerpt from "lather and nothing else." the lather was drying on his face. i must hurry. through the mirror, i took a look at the street. it appeared about as usual; there was the grocery shop with two or three customers. then i glanced at the clock, two-thirty. which phrases does the author use to quicken the pace and build suspense?

What is the central theme of the sniper

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?

Read this excerpt from "the bear." he is in his grave, and i have buried myself between four walls. . we are both dead. what is revealed about character in this quote?