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London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Which tense allows for an event that began in the past to carry into the present moment in time

What can the reader infer about the fears and values of the ancient greeks based on this description of the cyclops’s island?