Answer:
Avoiding conflict can be an appropriate choice, depending on the circumstances.
Explanation:
According to Thomas-Kilmann avoiding is an appropriate form of dealing with conflict when used in the following situations: When an issue is trivial and other issues are more important or pressing - use time and effort where it will be most productive.
The narrator and the man who had died didn't get the chance to have their swimming rematch. The narrator and his military comrades were losers because they never received the needed information from the man that died.The man whom died had a family so the family lost someone who was very dear to them.