Why is out of the dust written in poetry

"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?

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence.

According to scholasticism, truth is god's?