It is a metaphor because it does not have like or as which means it is not a simile. There is no rhyme in it and there is also no repetition.
It would lose the main character's emotion. Because the story is told from her side, it wouldn't portray her sense of what is happening. We would not have gotten the detail of what had happened in that room if it were told from I think his name is Jack or John?? I haven't read this in awhile.
Answer:
A. Lee wants to preserve the Union.
Explanation:
The letter of Robert Edward Lee to George Washington Custis Lee in January 1861.
He was an 1829 graduate of West Point who had distinguished himself in the
U.S-Mexican War. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Edward Lee wrote to his eldest son while serving as the acting commander of the Department of Texas.
An excerpt from the letter says;
"But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation."
In conclusion, the above statements suggests that Lee wants to preserve the Union.
