What is the Egyptian civilization?
What are all the animals that live in the desert?
These are too broad topics to be covered in 3 pages.
In "The Return of a Private" when Edward Smith praises his wife's biscuits, he is really praising her.
Hamlin Garland writes about the tenderness between Edward and Emma Smith by depicting a deeper connection between the two characters. The clearest example of this comes when Edward praises Emma by praising her biscuits.
Answer:
-throw in the towel
abandon a struggle;admit defeat