Question
Which sentence from the passage develops the theme that a soldier often must harm other people to protect oneself?
A. "Carter Druse grew pale; he shook in every limb, turned faint, and saw the statuesque group before him as black figures, rising, falling, moving unsteadily in arcs of circles in a fiery sky."
B. "He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his camp with his fatal news."
C. "But no--there is a hope; he may have discovered nothing; perhaps he is but admiring the sublimity of the landscape."
D. "This courageous gentleman and hardly soldier was near swooning from intensity of emotion."
A. "Carter Druse grew pale; he shook in every limb, turned faint, and saw the statuesque group before him as black figures, rising, falling, moving unsteadily in arcs of circles in a fiery sky."
B. "He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his camp with his fatal news."
C. "But no--there is a hope; he may have discovered nothing; perhaps he is but admiring the sublimity of the landscape."
D. "This courageous gentleman and hardly soldier was near swooning from intensity of emotion."
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The sentence that best develops the theme that a soldier often must harm other people to protect oneself is:
B. "He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his camp with his fatal news."
This sentence implies that the soldier must take action against the enemy to prevent the potential harm they could bring if allowed to escape, highlighting the conflict between self-preservation and the necessity of harming others.
B. "He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his camp with his fatal news."
This sentence implies that the soldier must take action against the enemy to prevent the potential harm they could bring if allowed to escape, highlighting the conflict between self-preservation and the necessity of harming others.