A distaste for everything that had happened to him in the war set in because of the lies he had told. All of the times that had been able to make him feel cool and clear inside himself when he thought of them; the times so long back when he had done the one thing, the only thing for a man to do, easily and naturally, when he might have done something else, now lost their cool, valuable quality and then were lost themselves. What does the excerpt reveal about Krebs

He is dissatisfied and feels disillusioned with his surroundings

Explanation:

The thing that the excerpt reveal about Krebs is that he is dissatisfied and feels disillusioned with his surroundings.

From the excerpt given, we can infer that due to the lies that he had told in the war, a distaste for everything that had happened to him in the war set in. He no longer enjoyed the things that he enjoyed.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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