lines 317-322 look for phrases that are unfamiliar or appear out of context in this sentence. what is a synonym for the phrase "discontents and murmurings" rewrite the sentence so that it might make the sentences meaning clearer.

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.

im not entirely sure what you're asking.

answer :

the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.