"They...<span>think that there is nothing more inglorious than that glory that is gained by war"
This quotation sums up the main idea because it not only reinforces to the reader that they are against war, but it gives some insight into why they are against war. The people think that there is no glory to be gained in war, so they choose to just prepare a defensive army, never an offensive one. </span>
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Answer:
True
Explanation:
The text shown above is true and is an excerpt from the book "The Things They Carried" written by Tim O'Brien. This book contains a set of short stories about a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War, where their fears, interactions and even their fates are shown. The excerpt shown in the question shows the moment when one of these soldiers, after playing basketball with his friends, used a rope to end his life, probably due to the trauma caused by the war.
The connotation is that the pants did nothing to meet his expectation of what pants should do.