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"and he would go tot work and bore me nearly to death with some infernal reminiscence of this as long and tedious as it should be to me"
"Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative…"
Then there's another one when Simon talks about the frog's talents: "you never see a frog so modest and trightforward as he was, for all he was so gifted"
I hope this helps!
When Gerasim says: " It's God's will. We shall all come to it some day", He expresses that he is a believer. This is pretty much related to his spirituality.
I’m pretty sure you’re correct!
My explanation would be because using active voice uses fewer words. Making it fast pace and engaging for readers.
