Answer: C) His sisters and his mother are very fond of him.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier's Home, we can see the description of how Kreb's mother and sisters really take care of him and admire him for all the things they think he did in war (even though they were all lies), the excerpt clearly reveals that Kreb's mother and sisters are very fond of him, we can see that in the way his mother treats him
Stylistic device where the writer repeats the same word or phrase for the proper use of emphasis is called repetition. Authors use it both in poetry and in prose to make the idea clearer. There are many ways how authors employ repetition as it embraces many types such as anaphora, antithesis, epiphora and so on. All this tools are meant to emphasize the meaning of the words but they express this emphasis in different ways.
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The author’s purpose is to summarize the piece of writing while also leaving enough information to conclude.