B seems more likely to be recognized as self evident at that time period. Thinking back, these men were living in a time where they went to war with Great Britain because they felt that the way “the government” was treating them(the king). And they thought the only reasonable answer was to fight back.
At the beginning of the story he preferred to spend his time browsing social media, but at the end of the story he was more than ready for the next adventure.
