In the first excerpt it is this sentence:"It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, "Of course not," and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while."
Here we see that the author is really not comfortable with the question his daughter asked him and thus he lies to her. You can see the pain he feels in just one sentence and the horrors that are hidden behind. One day he may tell her but not then.
"They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore."
This sentence in the second excerpt show the unwillingness of the usually boastful people to talk about the war in detail. The author notices that they don't remember and it could potentially be that they wanted not to remember. Unconsciously they blocked the horrible things they had done and seen.
Answer:
Consonance
Explanation:
Consonance is the repetition of similar sounding consonants in a group of closely connected words. In the group of words as seen in the sentence above, there is similarity in the sounds produced by the words celery, snapped, ate, and it.
These consonant sounds can be found anywhere within a word or sentence but they follow each other in quick succession. It is a form of writing that holds the attention of readers as it makes it easier to draw the connection within words.
The answer to your question would be the first choice, the year 2053.
