1. B
2. A
Look up the root words and spend a few minutes reading them.
Answer:
- <u>Sculpture in the memory is knowing one's faith and talents</u>.
Explanation:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the highly acknowledged philosopher, poet, as well as essayist of America. In his most popular work 'Self-Reliance', he urges the people to 'believe and follow their conscience' to attain 'self-growth and liberty. He asks the people to not fall prey to this concept of social conformity and avoid blindly
As per the question, the phrase 'sculpture in memory' is implying the message of realizing and acknowledging one's faith in self and innate talents that one possesses. He urges the people to 'rely on one's self' and follow their own conscience and instincts to develop their own art and culture instead of blindly following or obeying the orders of the government for societal growth which he considers false growth. He considers the self-gratification as the true growth which he suggests people to run after.
Exact excerpt is given in the second paragraph. It is the correct answer because it describes the Vietnam war and the excerpt shows how it is inevitable because it would finally happen one day. How people feels about the news creates a visual imagery in the mind of the reader.
No wonder everyone became a luck freak, no wonder you could wake at four in the morning some mornings and know that tomorrow it would finally happen, you could stop worrying about it now and just lie there, sweating in the dampest chill you ever felt.
I would say A protecting the rights of all
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