Why is ponyboy surprised by the way jerry wood treats him? (the outisders)

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

"ten from the sea to the sand he walks, to look in the soil, but not in the box''!

In mandatory military service in america one of the main arguments states that americans should share benefits and responsibilities of citizenship.