What were the 3 things missing in the society according to Professor Faber?

What does"after getting my report card i knew it was time to hit the books mean

How and why does king use the word redemptive to link the concepts of freedom and religious faith

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?