Answer: E) Death is a dignitary who when he comes announces is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.
Explanation:
Personification is a type of figurative language in which human traits are given to something that is not human. Objects are given emotions, desires, speech, gestures, etc.
In <em>An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge</em>, Ambrose Bierce gives human qualities to death. In this excerpt, death performs the action of announcing, and is referred to as 'he'. Death is personified as a <em>dignitary</em> - someone who receives respect.
He says giving liberty in order to get safety is bad. So liberty is the best thing.
Explanation:
- If you give up your freedom saying the higher authority will take care, then what you have done will make you abuse the authority and the power they have.
- It says if one gives up the liberty to some authority just to feel safer, then you will not get either one.
- The power to whom you have given up the liberty will enslave you. You don't deserve that liberty.
D) I was afraid but I was never really one of them after they had read the citation because it had been different with them and they had done very different things to get their medals.
This answer best shows that medals and awards don't always bring soldiers glory and acceptance. He says that he never felt like one of the others because they "had done very different things to get their medals". In this case he is saying that he doesn't always feel as though his medal brings him glory and acceptance.