Answer:
The correct option is D.
Explanation:
The options attached to this question are as follows:
A. Mother's love has no barrier.
B. In war, there is no winners.
C. The common man is not patriotic.
D. The poor suffer the most in war.
The main theme of the excerpt given in this question is that the poor suffer the most in war.
The passage talks about a poor mother, whose son was part of the youths, who were drafted for war. Based on the love she has for her son, she made it a point of duty to always cater for soldiers, who came her way and she never lose an opportunity to ask them if they have come across her son.
In the passage, the author writes about the pains that the poor, such as this mother pass through during wars. The poor are the ones who are crushed down continuously with new burdens, they are killed en-mass during the war, they experienced severe war miseries and they pay the most for wars.
Thus, the given excerpt used the poor mother to emphasize the suffering that the poor experience during wars.
