How does the description of Roark contribute to the story?

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.

What can you infer about esperanza's character from the fact that she argues three days with her mother trying to persuade her to write the note?

“we have had a little rain.” said the woman she looked out into a flood. hyperbole, understatement or neither