Which line from "the colomber" by dino buzzati contributes to the setting?

a. ‘stefano, what are you doing there, standing so still? ’”
b. “it was a splendid sunny day, and the sea was calm.”
c. “from then on, with every expedient the boy was dissuaded from his desire to go to sea.”
d. “and no one on board, except him, perceived the monster.”

What effect is achieved by the use of the phrase "as the devil would have it" in the second sentence?

What is a hyperbole in the book messenger

Read the excerpt from the land. of my brothers, i was closest with robert. i suppose, in part, being the same year's children made us close, but there were other things too. we had been together practically since birth, and we always took care of each other. when i got into trouble, robert was there to pull me out of it if he could, or at least to see me through it, and i did the same for him. the passage provides evidence of why paul and robert have physical conflicts. paul and robert avoid social conflicts. paul is the least influenced by robert. paul is motivated to ask robert for .