If you've actually read the short story, you'll notice that when The Misfit starts to explain his father's death that tension levels are raised up.
In Wuthering Heights , Heathcliff has lost Catherine to the Linton´s.He is full of feelings of revenge against the Hindley´s son, Haerton as he thinks Hindley is the cause of all his misfortunes when Catherine was alive.However, Hindley´s son is in love with Cathy Heathcliff and they will probably end up together.The sentences uttered by Heathcliff mean that what is happening between Haerton and Cathy is some sort of redemption for what he had to suffer with Catherine .
Answer:
Those words were like magic because it helped him to gain approval from the teachers who punished them when they spoke their native Navajo language.
Explanation:
In the mission school which Ned gained entrance to, it was forbidden for the students to speak their native language. Students caught violating this law were punished by having their mouths washed with soap. Their native names were also replaced with English names.
Ned soon learned that whenever he was called upon by the teachers, the best way to gain their approval was to answer with the words, "Yes, teacher." Answering with his native language would earn him some serious punishment.
