Can turn off the reader by implying that assetions are true (or not true) based on gender

Ais a group of individuals of the same that exist in the same place at the same time

Correct the sentence below: the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late he was right on time. a: correct as it is b: the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late, he was right on time. c: the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late; and he was right on time. d: the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.

In this excerpt , mr. stonecrop is compared to a mountain. how does this description relates to mr. stoncrops roll in the main conflict of the story