The poet's use of quotation marks and dramatic shift in word choice in this excerpt from "Attack the Water" suggest that these words are coming from another source, such as the news.
This accounts for the change in word choice, as the news, would have been written or spoken by someone else. Also, adding this to the poem helps describe the situation in Vietnam from an outside standpoint.
Answer:
sea otters eat clams, crabs, and snails.
C. He is laid back
being laid back has no negative connotation.
