Monsignor Darcy compares the young men who are going off to war to gladiator

Greek gods

Roman soldiers

Civil War veterans

The theme of the first seven years is consistent with characteristics of the time in which it was written. what is consistent about the era and the story’s plot?

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile

How did rick respond to this conflict