What happens when a reader makes an inference about a character? What two actions are required? The reader connects story details to his or her own experience.

The reader predicts the final outcome of the story's plot.

The reader analyzes the story's conflict for hints about character.

The reader looks closely at what a character says and does.

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?