What is the purpose of presenting a false dilemma in a speech? to convince the audience that there are limited options
to convince the audience that an argument is flawed
to provide the audience with several alternative examples
to sway the audience to rush to an opinion without facts

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?