Read this passage from "The Censors." He [Juan) was about to congratulate himself for having finally discovered his true mission, when his letter to Mariana reached his hands.
Naturally, he censured it without regret. And just as naturally, he couldn't stop them from executing him the following morning...
What is the connection between the author's diction and message?
O A. Formal diction supports Juan's absurd actions to emphasize the power of love.
O B. Formal diction supports Juan's understanding of the importance of having in pride in one's work.
O C. Casual diction contrasts with Juan's devotion to Mariana to highlight the power of hope.
D. Casual diction contrasts with Juan's fate to reveal the absurdity of censorship.

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Wi n t e r acrostic poem worth 10 points but giving 30

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?