Answer:
The answer is b
Explanation:
A shortnovel that folows one familys life
1, they are thoughtful, but poor
2, they knew what each other cherished and had gotten each other a gift to suit their passions, wisdom is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment
3, Jim got Della a set of hair brushes by selling his watch, and Della sold her hair to afford a chain for Jim’s watch, neither of them can use the gift for they had sold them to get the gifts.
This line comes from "The Things They Carried" by Tim O Brien when he served in Vietnam. The term hard vocabulary to contain terrible softness simply reflects what he has done to serve in Vietnam. In times of war, it is not good to be internally soft as it may serve as weakness to enemies. Therefore, hard vocabulary refers to the words that one would say to himself and others in order to project strength and hide softness or weakness inside.