Read this passage from page 36 of Grendel , in which Grendel has just
encountered the aftermath of a battle:
I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed —
cows, horses, men- they left to rot or burn. I sacked all i
could and tried to store it, but my mother would growl and
make faces because of the stink.
What best explains the type of characterization used in this passage?

Read this excerpt from wheels of change by sue macy.that said, it's hard to grasp the full extent of the bicycle's impact on americans in the late 19th century—particularly female americans. imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. how suffocated women must have felt. and how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons.what is the central idea of the excerpt