Question

Read this excerpt from "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk." I wonder, when I look at the bombed out peasant hamlets, the orphans begging and stealing on the streets of Saigon and the women and children with napalm burns lying on the hospital cots, whether the United States or any nation has the right to inflict this suffering and degradation on another people for its own ends. How do the allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage? The allusions clarify the geographic locations visited by the author. The allusions recall specific locations and horrors of the Vietnam conflict. The allusions question the Vietnamese for allowing such a violent war. The allusions criticize the political philosophies that encourage suffering.

Answer 1

The correct answer option is 'The allusions recall specific locations and horrors of the Vietnam conflict'.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given excerpt from "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk", the allusions or expressions relate to the horrors and consequences of war.

The main highlighted issue in this passage is the intervention of the United States in the Vietnam during the Vietnam War to prevent the expansion of communism.

So the U.S. government is questioned about what right did they have in inflicting the death and destruction of the people who ended up begging to survive.

Answer 2

The correct answer is "The allusions recall specific locations and horrors of the Vietnam conflict".

In this excerpt, the narrator is putting an emphasis on specific details that showcase the struggle and vulnerability of people trying to live life amidst the horrors of war. The focus of the passage is to transmit in the most graphic and vivid way, the death and destruction brought to Vietnam. Images such as bombed out hamlets, orphans begging and stealing, napalm burns on children, allude primarily to the human suffering involved.

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