When the guys leave in their “stereotypes” Halloween costumes, Justyce notes that “the moment he said he was cool with the whole thing, he cut the brake lines and completely surrendered his power to stop it.” To what does this refer? Is not stopping the same as allowing or encouraging it? book dear martin

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes