Read the passage from part 1 of “to build a fire.” it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. how does this detail about the setting advance the plot? it introduces the difficulty the man will face with the darkness. it explains the cold temperatures that are reached without the warmth of the sun. it suggests that the man is unable to observe his surroundings. it shows the man’s lack of concern despite his situation.

Read the excerpt from “pakistan’s malala.” "the taliban have repeatedly targeted schools in swat," she wrote in an extraordinary blog when she was empowered to share her voice with the world by the bbc. she was writing around the time the taliban issued a formal edict in january 2009 banning all girls from schools. on the blog, she praised her father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order. "my father said that some days ago someone brought the printout of this diary saying how wonderful it was," malala wrote. "my father said that he smiled, but could not even say that it was written by his daughter." which excerpt best shows the relationship between the setting and malala’s father, ziauddin yousufzai? “"my father said that some days ago someone brought the printout of this diary. . ” “she was writing around the time the taliban issued a formal edict. . ” “[h]er father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order.” “[s]he was empowered to share her voice with the world by the bbc.”