Answer:
The reaction of the older European men about the killing of the elephant was that A. They agree with the narrator that it needed to be killed
Explanation:
The narrator killed the elephant to do what people were expecting him to do as a police officer, he says in the last lines " he shot the elephant because he didn't want to look like a fool", despite the fact that he hesitated about killing him before he did and he also mentions the respect he felt for majestic big animals like that one, older European men agreed that the animal needed to be killed because they considered that image matters and that was the action that a police officer was supposed to take.
The correct answer is "less hopeful".
<span>This is because all the characters in the poem sing as they are doing their work, thus creating the identity of a happy America where the workers enjoy and sing. </span>
<span>If they weren't singing, they would be presented as people with no hope who are doomed to work day in day out for the elite. </span>
<span>This is not something that Whitman supported as he wanted to present America as a joyous place.</span>
Its compound bc ''and'' connects both independent clauses.
