This story features a third-person omniscient narrator who stands outside the action of the story and reports what different characters are thinking. what seems to be the narrator's attitude toward the events of the story? what does irving gain by using this type of narrator rather than having tom relate the events? (the devil and tom walker)

for me, balancing all your work/homework is the hardest part in high school and the exams.

well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.