The statement that best explains how the texts differ is; D. Crane shows readers only the war; Alcott shows readers the context of a greater life experience.
What is the difference?
Crane solely focuses on the immediate experience of war through Henry's perspective. He immersed the reader in the battlefield chaos and his internal turmoil. Alcott, in contrast, offers a broader view that includes the war within the context of the March family's life and experiences.
The father's letter touches on his longing for home, his hope for the future, and his belief in the girls' strength and resilience. All these features were absent from Crane's passage.
Complete Question:
19. Compare the passage from Crane’s story with this excerpt from Little Women. by Louisa May Alcott. In this excerpt, the March family has received a letter from the father of the family, a chaplain in the Union army. ( Very few letters were written in those hard times that were not touching, especially those which fathers sent home. In this one little was said of the hardships endured, the dangers faced, or the homesickness conquered; it was a cheerful, hopeful letter, full of lively descriptions of camp life, marches, and military news; and only at the end did the writer's heart overflow with fatherly love and longing for the little girls at home. (2) “Give them all my dear love and a kiss. Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night, and find my best comfort in their affection at all times. A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted. I know they will remember all I said to them, that they will be loving children to you, will do their duty faithfully, fight their bosom enemies bravely, and conquer themselves so beautifully, that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women."
Both texts touch upon battlefield experiences in the Civil War. Which of the following statements best explains how the texts differ?
a. Crane focuses on the Confederacy; Alcott focuses on the Union.
b. Crane presents the aftermath of battle; Alcott presents the battle itself.
c. Crane presents warfare as an unspeakable horror; Alcott presents warfare as a necessary evil.
d. Crane shows readers only the war; Alcott shows readers the context of a greater life experience.