Why does the ghost of christmas present live for only a little while?

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

What symbolic aspect did brother vu and mother leave behind? book = inside out and back again

For all of those, i want the answer. me.