What is the root word for "terrible" "inform" and "servant" ?

What effect is achieved by the use of the phrase "as the devil would have it" in the second sentence?

What is the central theme of the sniper

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain