This tells me that Ralph has a lot of weight on his back. Everyone depends on him which makes him stressed and not want to deal with anything. He doesn't want to be the leader. This moment foreshadow's that something is going to come up and Ralph needs to take the leader position.
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Dialogue can set and establish the mood is a poem. It lets the reader further understand what is going on between characters.
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The parts of Edgar Allan Poe's excerpt "the fall of the house of Usher" that bring out gloomy and oppressive mood would be the part the narrator found out that usher got a mental illness. Usher begged his friend to come and see what's wrong with him.
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Anne is passionate and loyal