What did elie's father want him to be when he grew up in night by eliezer wiesel?

What does lennie's dream remind crooks of in of mice and men

American history (is, are) studying the american colonies.

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?