Explain the irony in the following sentence from paragraph 160: ”the colonial went off, growling savagely to himself, ’how can the fools let themselves be excited by such idiotic stories? ’ (story: the nose by nikolai gogol. question 3 on common lit

The dragon wakes is a metaphor for a big event; what is the event how does moonshadows belief about dragons him understand what is happening

In this excerpt , mr.stonecrop is compared to a mountain. how does this description relates to mr.stoncrops roll in the main conflict of the story

From this story and the indian saying which precedes it, what can the reader conclude about the culture in which the tale is set? a) they believe that death is always signified by pigeons flying away. b) they think that the behavior of creatures in the natural world can indicate things that will happen to people. c) they believe that honest, hard work provides relief from the ravages of the natural world. d) they think that death isn't the end, but only the beginning of a new life.