Which was not true about the alien and sedition act

How does the narrator describe her parents treatment of nnamabia following his various crimes and wrongdoings

Abelief that one's culture is superior to another.

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?