It's D. It lends a self-deprecating sense of humor that makes the narrator credible
Personification
It is personification because the qualities of earth, or moreover, society, are given human-like abilities.
The structural element used in both stories is the inclusion of a flashback about an event (option D) The use of it might be to portray each protagonist´s experience, in the case of "Ambush" the narrator situates his experience in <span>Vietnam between related events that take place after the war. And in "facing It" the narrator recalls the Vietnam War. </span>
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