What is the subject of doggy is fat

Mr and mrs van daan murmur their welcome what are the playwrights indicating by using the word murmur?

Read this excerpt from mohandas gandhi's "banaras hindu university speech." what is the speaker's purpose a. to persuade his audience to struggle for self-governance through peaceful means b. to urge wealthy indians to act instead of merely talk about poverty c. to inform the audience that the british colonial power is stealing indian resources d. to persuade his audience to renounce materialistic wealth and pursue spiritual wealth

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?