If korbet is the author:
In this scene Korbet was probably nervous to give his crush Tabby a letter. When Korbet gave his letter to his crush Tabby, She crumpled up his paper (possibly mad at him) and called him a “lugnut”. The author used this scene to show others how he possibly got rejected.
The war that <span>wars did John Steinbeck's "Symptoms" and Tim O'Brien's "Ambush" was discussed happened in </span>D) the Civil War and World War I. There ideas are different because Steinbeck’s “Symptoms” discuss the aftereffects of war on soldiers while O’Brien’s tone toward soldiers <span>and victims of war is sympathetic in which there will be guilt after the war.</span>