What does "touch my friends again and i'll blind you." means?

The theme of the first seven years is consistent with characteristics of the time in which it was written. what is consistent about the era and the story’s plot?

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.

Symbols readers understand the larger theme of a story one of the major the of joyce araby is the urge to escape daily like which symbol in the story contributes most to this theme and why