Which details does the author use in "august heat" to develop the theme that extreme weather conditions influence human behavior? select each correct answer. there seemed nothing in the man strong enough to sustain that mountain of flesh. the one thing of which i was fully conscious was the awful heat, that came up from the dusty asphalt pavement as an almost palpable wave. but the heat is stifling. it is enough to send a man mad. “everything is hot and glary outside,” i said. “this seems an oasis in the wilderness.”

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Plz which statement best describes the motivation of the character pahom in leo tolstoy’s story “how much land does a man need”

It's to know your purpose before you read something because a purpose can: