Answer:
The kind of fight Tom and his friends engaged in was a funny imitation of the real thing. It was funny that the opposing generals were 'bosom friends' who never fought each other.
Explanation:
In the 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain, we learn of little Tom who lived with his Aunt, Polly. He would try to finish his duties at home on time so that he could go play with his friends.
In one of these plays, Tom was a general, while his very good friend Joe Harper was the opposing general. It is funny that his enemy was his 'bosom friend'. Asides from that they perfectly imitated generals by giving orders to their subordinates and instructions on how to carry out their operations.
D. There was a sharp softness...
an oxymoron is a figure of speech in which opposite terms appear
A. to highlight how remarkable Curie's later achievements were, considering her difficult beginnings
The conflict in the Austere Academy is an external conflict. It begins when Coach Genghis makes Violet, Sunny, and Klaus Baudelaire run laps every night from sundown to sunrise. He made the Baudelaires paint a large glow in the track for them to run around. Coach Genghis is a pseudonym for the mean and cruel Count Olaf. Count Olaf is the main reason of the conflict because he is trying to capture the Baudelaires so he can steal their fortune. The climax in the book is when Count Olaf or A.K.A Coach Genghis arrives at Prufrock Preparatory School and becomes the new Gym teacher. The resolution to the conflict is that the Quagmires ( the Baudelaires Friends) help get Count Olaf busted for trying to steal the Baudelaires Fortune, but however get themselves in to extreme danger.
