In this excerpt from Jack London’s "To Build a Fire," replace each bolded word with its correct synonym.

So long as he walked four miles an hour, he pumped that blood, (willy-nilly) , to the surface; but now it (ebbed) away and sank down into the recesses of his body. The (extremities) were the first to feel its absence. His wet feet froze the faster, and his exposed fingers numbed the faster, though they had not yet begun to freeze.

4. at the conclusion of frankenstein, robert walton has an encounter with the monster, who arrives after victor frankenstein has died. perhaps surprisingly, the monster mourns his creator and expresses remorse over the fate that victor suffered. the monster pledges to destroy himself and then departs, disappearing as he goes further north. how does the monster’s behavior and attitude in this part of the novel affect the way readers view him? is he sympathetic? is he more hateful because it is only after victor has died that he relents? how does the change in the monster fit with the theme of duality in the novel?