We all turned around to see the master standing in the doorway. His big body filled it. He was dressed for traveling, with a lon
g coat that almost reached his feet and boots covered with red dust. In his left hand he held a sack, and his right hand held the arm of a boy in an iron grip. —Iqbal,
Francesco D’Adamo
Which detail in the passage supports the inference that the master is harsh with the children?
“He was dressed for traveling.”
“His big body filled it.”
“In his left hand he held a sack.”
“His right hand held the arm of a boy in an iron grip.”
Mawi's father was afraid that the Ethiopian army was going to make him a nurse for the army. He could not take his family because it would too much time and he wanted to keep them safe.
