Read this stanza from "In Just-." and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it’s
spring

How does the use of eddieandbill impact the meaning of "in Just-"?

It relates that things are happening very fast that day.

It shows only that the boys are good friends.

It shows that the boys can’t focus on playing marbles anymore.

It captures the rush and excitement of the boys' fun.

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence

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.

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?