Effect of the free-verse form in "poetry"?

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?

What is the main conflict in this excerpt from “rumplestiltskin” by the brothers grimm?

Strategies garrett hardin uses to develop his ideas in lifeboat ethics an how they contribute to his overall point