Which detail from the text best support the theme that evil must be pushed back regardless of your beliefs? a thorin refuses to share any treasure with the men who who are his friends displaying an almost disgusting greed b thorin comes to the aid of his friends the elves and men showing that he can forget his stubborn resentments c the eagles come to the aid of the men dwarves and elves even though they do not usually get involved in the world outside of their own d bilbo gives the arkenstone to bard to the dwarves and men settle their dispute

Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” but mama, crying, told me that even if william armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. he might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” he might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds. what best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt? it allows the reader to correctly predict that doodle will never be able to walk. it the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for doodle. it introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story. it shows the reader to see that doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.