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Mekhanik [1.2K]
3 years ago
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Which sentences in these excerpts reflect the common theme of soldiers’ reluctance to talk about their war experiences? Ambush b

y Tim O'Brien (excerpt)
When she was nine, my daughter Kathleen asked if I had ever killed anyone. She knew about the war; A: [she knew I'd been a soldier.] "You keep writing war stories," she said, "so I guess you must've killed somebody." B: [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.] Someday, I hope, she'll ask again. But here I want to pretend she's a grown-up. I want to tell her exactly what happened, or what I remember happening, and then I want to say to her that as a little girl she was absolutely right. C; [This is why I keep writing war stories:] D: [If they had been reticent men it would have been different, but some of them were talkers and some were even boasters.] E: [They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore.] This was considered heroic in them. It was thought that they had seen or done was so horrible that they didn't want to bring it back to haunt them or their listeners. But many of these men had no such consideration in any other field. F: [Only recently have I found what seems to be a reasonable explanation, and the answer is simple.] They did not and do not remember--and the worse the battle was, the less they remember.
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kherson [118]3 years ago
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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.
jekas [21]3 years ago
3 0

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.


They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore.

so B and E


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