The conflict of this play is that Mr. Teller wants his puppy back. We know this because June says to Mr. Teller that they didn't think he would come to take the puppy back home. Mr. Teller says he told them he'd come back when he dropped the puppy off.
An object of a preposition is the word which follows a preposition. So, the word which follows <em>in place of </em>is horses. The correct answer is horses.
A word that fills in the blank well is sarcastic Sarcasm is a type of irony, called verbal irony, that makes statements about a character that are obviously not true, and are included to add humor to the novel.
The meaning of the phrase "thou art wedded to calamity" is that you often have disaster around you.
Calamity means disaster.
Welty is using the literary device which is sensory details. The author impressively describes the scenario by providing a details image and sound of what the people are doing in the story. The whistling is described using words that allow the readers to imagine the sounds.
