This sentence establishes setting.

Notice how toward doesn't have an -s at the end? This is accurate. According to Grammar Girl's Mignon Fogarty, "use 'towards' in Britain and 'toward' in the U.S."

(of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse.

Hi Mr. Goodwin, I bet you're not reading this!

I'm hella awkward!

What do you mean, the moon kills whales?

Onomatopoeia

1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09736b.htm This is a lengthy entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia about martyrdom.

a : the entire body of the inhabitants who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace (as in a riot) or in executing a legal precept that is forcibly opposed including under the common law every male inhabitant who is above 15 years of age and not infirm

b : a body of persons so summoned

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jangle

https://www.etymonline.com/word/harlequin#etymonline_v_6167

https://www.who2.com/bio/alvin-shipwreck-kelly/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar

https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/bong-richard/

Virginia Woolf's essay was originally a chapter of her book, A Room of One's Own.

Lol, we are again in the time of Elizabeth (II)