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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?

If their eyes were watching god were told from the first person point of view how might the the story be different would it be a more captivating or interesting story why or why not

Which literally device involves the repetition of vowels sounds across successive or closely placed words