Based on this excerpt the reader can conclude that the two girls are not friends. They seem to be in conflict with each other. Gretchen's body language, "hand on her hips", and her actions, "looking me up and down", show that Gretchen is sizing up her opponent. However, Gretchen also seems a little hesitant to engage the speaker because she does not say anything. The speaker also does not engage with Gretchen, instead letting Gretchen circle around her. There does not seem to be hatred between the girls, but they certainly are not warm and fuzzy.
"For whom the bell tolls" is a line from a poem by John Donne (pronounced like "Dunn") written in the early 1600s. Hemingway used a line from the poem as the title of a novel he wrote in the 20th century.
The poem goes like this (the copyright is in the public domain):
<span>No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.</span>
Answer:
Acting as a judge in the Salem trials, Deputy Governor Danforth is determined to preside over a just proceedings. He is representing not only himself but his office within Massachusetts. As both a politician and a public servant, Danforth is keenly aware of his own reputation and his responsibility to the colony’s people.
The “sir” to whom he is responding is Reverend Hale, who has just stated: “You must pardon them,” referring to Proctor and others who continue to claim their innocence. By the time Danforth he makes this response, a dozen people have already been hanged for witchcraft. The proceedings have gained publicity not only in New England but also throughout the rest of the colonies. To change course at this point would be a serious error, Danforth believes; it would cast doubt on all of the court’s previous decisions, which had sent so many people to their deaths. Although he sees that innocent people will be killed and surmises that some of those already killed...
The inciting incident, the conflict, in the plot is Jim Smiley making a bet with his "<span>celebrated jumping frog." The </span>rising action<span> creates suspense for the reader when the challenger fills the frog with buckshot (little metal balls) in order to keep the frog from jumping. This is done without Jim Smiley's noticing. As a result, the </span><span>climax</span>
