Obstacles; things that restrain or prevent an activity
Hindrances
Not committing to any particular point of view
Noncommital
Restless; unsettled
Restive
A person who is not Jewish
Gentile
A balanced arrangement
Symmetry
Usual frame of mind or temperament
Disposition
Easy to manage; submissive
Docile
Hebrew school for religious instruction
Cheder
Fear or bewilderment
Consternation
Drew back or crouched in fear or helplessness
Cowered
Formally beginning
Inaugurating
Prevented by doing something ahead of time
Forestalled
When and where the story takes place
Setting
Causing to occur at the same time or rate
Synchronize
To spread over or through
Suffuse
In a way that arouses pity or compassion
Piteously
Shabby or falling apart
Dilapidated
Form of art that ridicules a weakness in individuals or society
Satire
Slaughter
Carnage
One who makes something seem less important or valuable