Which statement analyzes the goal of education in America in the 20th century? A. Schools created a new way of bringing people together so they could serve their country.

B. Schools were expected to prepare only the brightest or most wealthy students for college.

C. School was just one option for preparing for the future--many Americans chose apprenticeships.

D. Schools were supposed to help all children become successful--regardless of race or gender.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.