As Scout eavesdrops on Atticus and Aunt Alexandra, she says, “I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me” What does Scout mean by this comment? What literary term is demonstrated here?
(to kill a mockingbird)

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?

Does anyone know the answers to k12 1.18 unit test: the power of poetry (need answers asap)all the questions are here:

Indicate which statement best summarizes how john proctor feels toward the reverend parris based on his statenents of him in the crucible.