According to elizabeth in “the rockpile” by james baldwin, why is roy injured?
a) the neighborhood boys attack him.
b) gabriel treats roy too tenderly.
c) roy does not abide by her warnings.
d) john does not protect him very well.

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

huck's relationship with food is a prominent theme throughout the novel, and during his time on jackson's island and working his way down river, huck revels in and enjoys his ad hoc dining. in the first chapter, we observe huck is ironically trapped in a "civilized" world, when he would prefer to live freely in nature.