Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s "soldier's home." by the time krebs returned to his home town in oklahoma the greeting of heroes was over. he came back much too late. the men from the town who had been drafted had all been welcomed elaborately on their return. there had been a great deal of hysteria. now the reaction had set in. people seemed to think it was rather ridiculous for krebs to be getting back so late, years after the war was over. what does this suggest about the townspeople’s perception of the war?
a) they felt a strong sense of admiration for all soldiers coming home. b) they became jaded and disillusioned after many of the soldiers came home. c) they maintained a sense of distrust of germany and its allies. d) they felt a sense of patriotism and pride long after the war ended.

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Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).