What is the meaning of insubordination in the
following sentence?
The student was accused of
insubordination and
suspended from school.
A. Insubordination means the state of
refusing to obey orders.
B. Insubordination means one who
refuses to obey orders.
C. Insubordination means pertaining to
the refusal to obey orders.
D. Insubordination means capable of
being able to refuse to obey orders.

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?