Question

Which details does the author use in "August Heat" to develop the theme that extreme weather conditions influence human behavior? Select each correct answer. But the heat is stifling. It is enough to send a man mad. The one thing of which I was fully conscious was the awful heat, that came up from the dusty asphalt pavement as an almost palpable wave. There seemed nothing in the man strong enough to sustain that mountain of flesh. “Everything is hot and glary outside,” I said. “This seems an oasis in the wilderness.”

Answer 1

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"The one thing of which I was fully conscious was the awful heat, that came up from the dusty asphalt pavement as an almost palpable wave."

"But the heat is stifling. It is enough to send a man mad."

Answer 2

Which details does the author use in "August Heat" to develop the theme that extreme weather conditions influence human behavior? 

But the heat is stifling. It is enough to send a man mad. - This was a line written by Withencroft as he wrote down the events of the day.