What is the meaning of the idiom "writing on the wall"?

a.
messages left for people one knows

b.
a sign that something bad is about to happen

c.
children's drawings and scribbling

d.
a warning of danger to keep people away

What background knowledge would best support this inference about mario?

Which trait is common to the narrators in these excerpts? a the narrators were born in poverty the narrators were separated from their birth parents c. the narrators grew up to be criminals d the narrators worked hard in lide to improva their ocial status the narrators blamed themselves for their mistortunps

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.