56:48 Read the sentence from “Initiation.”

It would be an hour before they came to get her, but then Rat Court would be all over and she would say what she had to say and go home.

The author includes the sentence in the exposition to

imply the resolution of the story.
employ indirect characterization.
describe the characters directly.
create a character vs. nature conflict.

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. certainly the utmost rim of my first dome was filled with the tumultuous impression of soldiers marching to death for freedom's sake, of pioneers streaming westward to establish self-government in yet another sovereign state. only the great dome of st. peter's itself has ever clutched my heart as did that modest curve which had sequestered from infinitude in a place small enough for my child's mind, the courage and endurance which i could not comprehend so long as it was lost in "the void of unresponsible space" under the vaulting sky itself.