Question

Which two lines of text in this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" demonstrate the author’s opposition to conventional ideas of patriotism?


A. "No, you didn't expect him to get killed,

B. "You just expected him to kill someone else, some of those foreigners, that weren't there because they had any say about it, but because they had to be there, poor wretches—conscripts, or whatever they call 'em

C. it would be all right for my George, your George, to kill the sons of those miserable mothers and the husbands of those girls that you would never see the faces of

D. "I thank my God he didn't live to do it! I thank my God they killed him first, and that he ain't livin' with their blood on his hands

Answer 1

Which one do you think?

Answer 2

A and D

Answer 3

Well okay, we can eliminate A because its not demonstrating the authors opposition on the situation.

Answer 4

so B and D

Answer 5

Correct!

Answer 6

B) why? because:
The line is looking toward the manifestation of author's strong opposition to the traditional ways of showing patriotism, showing empathy towards the poor.


And D) because:
This line shows empathy towards the poor and towards the foreigners who were likely to be killed and which they couldn't really do anything about it.

Answer 7

Hope this helped! :)

Answer 8

thank you