Which of the following regarding power is true in the novel?
O Jack's knife symbolizes his power and eventually the boys' decline into savagery.
All are true.
The conch symbolizes a more civilized, orderly power.
When the power shifts over to Jack, the conch slowly loses its importance.

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b. c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

Brendan is playing in the backyard.