The purpose of the flashback im chapter 1 of a long way gone, “three days earlier” when ishmael had seen his father and little brother was most likely to?

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?

Do you think that the american culture has defined what “normal” is and so our perception of chris mccandless is skewed based on that?