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"We are back out at sea! Captain says there is about 1 month until we reach the new world. But we don’t know. We’re sailing in unknown regions and I’m afraid we will get lost. Stranded, or even overpowered by enemies. I have recently heard that France is searching for the new world as well. All of the supplies have been recovered when we were in Puerto Rico. Sadly, the captain has gotten very sick and things don’t look very good. We have never seen this disease before and we don’t know if it’s contagious...Like I said before I really hope all these sacrifices are worth it. Although there has been some trouble on this journey but we are more than half way to the new world."
The answer is d and that is my opinion
Barbaric acts of soldiers (mostly rape and murder of the civilian population) are never acceptable! But there might be a number of circumstances that might make it more probable that they happen. If soldiers have experienced a lot of brutality themselves, have been separated from their family for too long without any support, are unsure of their own life, and else have experienced a lot of stress, it might contribute to them not behaving like they normally would. Additionally, a group bonding might play a role (if they feel pressure to be accepted in the group of soldiers...)
