Answer:
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Explanation:
1. It never changes the mood of the story. Happy time= sunny sky. Sad time=rain suddenly appears. Change of season=new part of the story.
2. It makes the story seem unappealing and static.
3. It is unrealistic-people are constantly on the move.
Answer:
A real war and a "war" of fighting to grow old and successful
Explanation:
Based on the excerpt, Robert Louis Stevenson was reminiscing about his days as a younger man and the internal conflicts he had.
In the first paragraph, he talked about the real war he witnessed where he heard the "loudness" of the battles and the "pain of men's wounds". He also talked about another internal "war" which had to do with "slavery of competition", toiling for years and which culminated to fighting to be old and successful.