<u>Answer</u>:
The excerpt from the selection that best helps you to visualize Mrs. Pratchett is - "...Mrs. Pratchett's skinny goat's legs trotting to keep up with him. So, the Option D is the accurate answer.
<u>Explanation</u>:
In Roald Dahl’s “Boy: Tales of Childhood,” is a medium through which he recalls his school days and the pranks he played during his young age. Mrs. Pratchett is a character found in his autobiography and was the owner of a sweet shop. She was described as a mean, small, dirty, skinny lady with a moustache. Her apron was greasy and grey in appearance. Her blouse had marks of breakfast on it. Her hands were dirty and full of grime. Plus, she had goat-like legs. All these adjectives give the reader an idea about how Mrs. Pratchett actually looked.
Answer:
D. The corruption of the good by the forces of evil and selfishness
Explanation:
War is always, and should always, be talked about in a negative connotation. In this case, the "forces of evil" is the negative experiences that the officer has obtained, whether it was the death of close comerades, or the experiences of first-hand killing of enemies. When one has seen the negatives of life in the underworld of war, the old age beliefs of honor within a battlefield is but lost. As such, when the virginity of a person's innocence is destroyed by the harrowing experiences, and, most likely, the close view of death, they lose interest of the every-day blessings, such as that they cannot get over the nightmares (PTSD). When the goodness of the world has been removed, and one is only exposed to the worse, the viewpoints of one become narcisistic, and the joys of life loses it's color and prestige within one's life.
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# A comma is used before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) that links two independent clauses. ....
#It is also used after a dependent clause that starts a sentence. ...
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#They are used to separate items in a series. (this is the most commonly used)
The answer is (D) taking up arms to defend the nation exempts a person from religious reasons.
In all the other three cases anybody would be eligible to do so as a citizen.
But taking up arms to defend the nation not only needs mental courage and physical strength but also some motivation to represent the entire nation. Therefore, those taking up arms to defend their nation would be doing some service which is what religion aims at. They are both one and the same serving people in general or serving people during crisis (D). This social service by taking the arms to defend the nation coincides with the goal of Religion.
