I'd say when its used to support something.
In “Fame is a fickle food,” Dickinson illustrates the temporary and unsatisfying nature of fame by comparing it to a fickle food, one that sits on the “shifting plate” of a guest for whom the table is not set a “second time.” The intelligent crow chooses to eat the “Farmer's Corn” rather than the “crumbs” of fame.
The story is told through the perspective of a narrator, as they follow the lieutenant's actions. The theme of "An Episode of War" is war itself, and how war doesn't discern between soldiers and innocent people. ( A man was shot while dividing coffee rations, rather then because he was fighting.)
A. give patty and her the prizes