Which of the following best explains why the iron in the following passage (Paragraph 7) is 'warm to the touch?
"It had gone again. And when he looked back through the window, he saw that his own world had gone with it. In that flash, everything had
changed. The snow was there as it had been a moment before, but not piled now on roots or stretching flat over lawns and fields. There were no
roofs, there were no fields. There were only trees. Will was looking over a great white foresta forest of massive trees, sturdy as towers and
ancient as rock. They were bare of leaves, clad only in the deep snow that lay untouched along every branch, each smallest twig. They were
everywhere. They began so close to the house that he was looking out through the topmost branches of the nearest tree, could have reached
out and shaken them if he had dared to open the window. All around him the trees stretched to the flat horizon of the valley. The only break in
that white world of branches was away over to the south, where the Thames ran; he could see the bend in the river marked like a single stilled
wave in this white ocean of forest, and the shape of it looked as though the river were wider than it should have been
Will gazed and gazed, and when at last he stirred he found that he was clutching the smooth iron circle threaded on to his belt. The iron was
warm to his touch."
A. Will holds it all the time to help in stressful situations, so it is often warm from his hand,
B. The iron had been left out in the sun for hours when Will touches it
C. It has magical energy that might have caused Will to come to the strange world
D. The iron was given to Will by a sorcerer in the strange world

A. Will holds it all the time to help in stressful situations, so it is often warm from his hand

1. in creon’s first words to the chorus, what are the “storms” that threatened to destroy the ship of state?   polynices’ invation of the city with foreign armies was the “storms” eteocles and polynices decided to switch the crown every year, but after eteocles’ first year decided not to share it with polynices. polynices joined forces with foreign armies to invade the city and tried to take the crown from his brother, where he and eteocles killed each other   2. examine creon’s opening speech. what are his concerns? how does he feel about the city and its citizens? what are his motivations for banning the burial of polyneices? what would drive creon to place the concerns of the collective citizens over those of his family?   in creon’s opening speech, his concerns are to count on his citizens to rule. in addition, he wanted to give a clear message by not giving a proper burial to polyneices, if creon gave a proper burial to polyneices his people would think that he was an allied to the foreign forces that invaded the city and threatened the peace of his people.   creon placed the concerns of the collective citizens because he has no use for those who put individual concerns over the needs of his people 3. pay attention to creon’s speech at the beginning of the scene. what does creon think someone’s first loyalty should be and what comes second? do you think he is correct under some conditions? do you think he is wrong in some conditions? explain those conditions. creon thinks someone’s first loyalty should be with the concerns of the collective citizens and second comes our individual wants. i think he is correct because true loyalty takes place in the benefits of many not of a few.   4. what news is the sentry reluctant to deliver?   the sentry is reluctant to say that polyneices had a burial. 5. who does the chorus suggest might have done this?   the chorus suggests that the gods have done that 6. what is creon’s reaction and who does creon think is responsible? creon reacted abruptly and thinks it was a man who bribed his guard to bury polyneices