Civilized because it has more detailed information
Without the word spring in the first sentence of this paragraph, how would you know the time of year in which the story takes place? The following options apply:
-Buds on the trees were swelling.
-The association of youth and gladness with the rebirth symbolized by spring.
The swelling buds point to a specific time in the life cycle of trees while the association of youth and gladness as elements of spring, of the rebirth of spring, is quite strong in this paragraph, specially as “youth and gladness” are located clearly on the sky and earth.
The remaining option, “Branches rustled faintly in the fresh breeze”, doesn’t provide a link to spring as strong as the other options.
Glossary because it gives you the definition in the back of the book of words bolder in the book.
Situational irony results when things happen in precisely the way we didn't expect them to.
The issue of Phillip's vision causes some situational irony: the only time he literally sees Timothy clearly is when he fails to "see" him as the kind man he is instead of an untrustworthy black man, which he isn't. And then Phillip goes literally blind and only then learns to "see" Timothy correctly.
