Explanation:
The article has been referenced from Across five Aprils written by Irene Hunt.
It is a about the different experiences the locals felt during the civil war period. There is a character named Jethro who initially thought that war is too organised but then the realities of war unfolds him gradually.
Now Matt was Jethro's father, a person who didnt want much fighting, He infact forgave the killer of her daughter. He also got a heart attack which made him to transfer his duties to his son Jethro.
The decision that question statement is mentioning is related to Jethro who decided to join war. This would not make his father happy becasue he was not fond of wars and also there were now responsibilities on Jethro
Dignity means a sense of pride in oneself; self-respect or a high or honorable rank or position. Similar words that also means dignity are stateliness, grace, loftiness, nobleness, and propriety.
The effect today's readers have on reading science fiction stories is, they are less likely to believe the stories could be true.
Answer: Option A
<u>Explanation:</u>
This is an era of technology and advancement. If we talk about the readers of previous era, they couldn’t really differentiate between the real ones and the unreal ones while reading stories.
But that’s not the case today, and that’s mainly because almost each one of us try to reason everything based on facts and knowledge.
We’ve sources to get to known about the genuineness of particular books and stories. So today when readers read science fiction stories they’re less likely to believe it because fiction stories in itself are not true.
