1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
netineya [11]
3 years ago
14

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.
English
1 answer:
umka2103 [35]3 years ago
3 0
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. c;
You might be interested in
3<br> How is love complicated by the fact that lovers undertake "false actions to pursue true love?
Gemiola [76]

Answer:

Love is a very special thing that people pursue with one another. Whether it is with friends, family, or romantic love it can all be complicated. Especially with "false actions." Often we feel inadequate and make up for it, often by pretending to be something we're not. <em>True </em>love is very special and, personally, I think it is when you can completely be yourself. Where none of you is hidden, where there is nothing "fake." But getting there can be a long journey, especially with "false actions."

Explanation:

Suppose you meet someone and are posing as something you're not. Suppose you continue to spend time with them, and fall in love. All the while you've been posing as something you're not. You want to tell them but you fear they might lose interest or fall out of love. Now you are in a very complicated situation all because of "fake actions."

I don't know if this is what you were looking for and I hope it helps.

3 0
2 years ago
Please Help Quick ASAP Hurry
Vesna [10]

Answ3r:

Its D..... TRUST ME

Explanation:

D. The resolution of the play has been revealed; Haimon and Antigone will leave town as a result of Creon's cruelty.

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Is “he smelled the way all fathers should smell” foreshadowing?
Dmitry [639]
It depends on the context, for example if this is meaning he is not already the father but will be in the future then yes it is foreshadowing.
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Type N over each noun, V over each verb or verb part, and P over each pronoun.
Tatiana [17]
The teacher: Noun
Work: Verb
Quietly: pronoun
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
In Umuofia, how is a man judged ?
vitfil [10]
Bxgk hkcufurydjduodyiytustfoyxyxgdoychoxihxyidtutsyoiydofdhhxclgxihofyidtcihcohdtuxtu
5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • What rule applies to this word?
    15·1 answer
  • How would you describe love? <br> It is like an interview so I need different opinions.
    14·2 answers
  • Which character is the best example of a tragic hero​
    12·2 answers
  • Is this sentence a simple, compound or complex? Tania let her borrow the ipad, but she asked her to be careful.
    9·1 answer
  • Based on the prologue, what is the main conflict in Romeo and Juliet?
    13·2 answers
  • How would I know if reasoning was sound in an argument? I am working on an evaluating arguments assignment and I don't exactly k
    12·2 answers
  • Does she usually ______ a big sandwich?<br><br> eat or<br> eats<br> helppp pls
    9·2 answers
  • Use the dictionary entry for lore to answer the question.
    12·1 answer
  • In which circumstances is a person most likely to be entranced?
    14·2 answers
  • Read the excerpt from fitzgerald’s the great gatsby. The silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight, and turning my
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!