What does Willie Harris teach Walter? How does this almost destroy him?

Which theme is best supported by the descriptive detail in this passage from my antonia

What is the following animals could fly over mount ernest

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?