The question above is incomplete, the complete version is given below:
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.<span>
How do the allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage?</span>
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.
<span>The allusions criticize the political philosophies that
encourage suffering.</span>
<span>ANSWER</span>
The correct option is this: THE ALLUSION CRITICIZE THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES THAT ENCOURAGE SUFFERING. Allusion is a figure of speech, which refers to an object or a circumstance from an external context. In the passage given above, the author is questioning the political morality behind war. War usually result in great suffering for all involved and the author is wondering, if is morally correct for countries to be settling their differences by mean of warfare.
The correct format would include the name of the author, the name of the paper, the publisher, the date when it was posted online, and the link. The date is important because websites change so if someone's checking for plagiarism they can call the website owner and see what the page was like on that day that you provided.
3rd answer!! perseus shows strength
The correct answers are B and E. The two themes developed in "The Glittering Noise" are that the past can be an escape from the present, since the author says that she could be happy by reading old diaries, that is, remembering old times; and that in every era, people experience sorrow and joy, as she experiences both feelings when remembering events from the past.
