Which statement best describes the impact of rhetorical
techniques in this excerpt?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Which two of these excerpts from homer’s odyssey depict the gods’ involvement in mortal affairs?

What can the reader infer about the fears and values of the ancient greeks based on this description of the cyclops’s island?