In "The Hobbit", by J.R.R Tolkien, in the later part of the book (or the third movie), the battle of the four armies, the humans under the leadership of Bard, and the Elvish soldiers under their king teamed up to drive Thorin & Co. into giving them their share of gold. However, as events transpire, the orcs under Bolg(?) invaded the mountains in an effort to defeat the rest of the races, prompting the people of the lake, the elves, and the dwarves to team up in the fight. Before the orcs arrived though, Bilbo was stuck with the dwarves in the mountain, and wishes for his home. To make all sides happy, he decided to steal the "Arkenstone" ( the stone that is precious to Thorin, and 'is his heart'), and give it to the humans and elves as a bargain for their share of gold. However, things do not happened as planned, as Bilbo is banished from the castle, and the orcs arrive, prompting the humans, elves, and dwarves, to fight together, in the battle of the three armies. So no, while Bilbo was able to somewhat stop the war between the dwarves and the humans & elves, he was not able to stop the larger war, the battle of the three forces combine vs the orcs.
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Answer:
A. To take a stance on an issue
Explanation:
Option A is the best option that describes the purpose of the passage.
From the passage we can see that the author revealed Pickles' determination in seeing an end to the practice of bypassing small specialty stores in favor of big supermarkets.
Her stance in the matter is that bypassing small specialty stores is something that is unacceptable to her and should be put to an end.
The above answer is correct.
Since you have not give any lines for criticism, I will just cite an example of a line in John Gardner's Grendel that presents an example of the use of hyperbole.
There is one situation wherein Grendel 'killed thirty men and brought him back to his lair'. This is an example of hyperbole because it is exaggerated. It would be extremely for a person to bring back 30 men by himself, thus, the indication of it being a hyperbole is evident.