The idea discussed in both Tim O'Brien's "Ambush" and John Steinbeck's "Symptoms" is the after effects of the combat on the soldiers after a war is over. It talks about what the soldiers go through, their pain and their turmoil once they come back from having faced a war.
The option that describes a deconstructionist approach to a text is - complicates the meaning of the text. Deconstructionists like to dig deep into the text, and find meanings that aren’t obvious at the first, second, or even the third glance. They like to analyze texts so much that they bear everything within their interpretation, and get to the very core of the text, thus complicating something that would otherwise have been a simple analysis.
The answer would be A, as this is not an actual goal. All other answer choices have an objective to complete, but choice A is too vague. Hope this helped
Self evident should have a hyphen, buddy