Read the following sentences from "The Swimming Contest"
"Who the hell fired that shot?"
"My gun went off," one of the boys said.
When he saw me coming up the officer said, "We've lost that information, damn it! They've killed that Arab of yours"
"We've lost it," I said.
I went over to Abdul-Karim's body and turned it over. He looked as though he had seen me swimming in the pool a few moments ago. His was not the expression of a man who had lost.
There, in the courtyard, it was I, all of us, who were the losers.
Which of these ideas is most closely related to the theme in these sentences?
a.) the price of assuming a leadership role
b.) the self-loathing that follows acts of violence
c.) the effects of prolonged international conflict.
d.) the consequences that come with insubordination.
I say B. and if not B then D.
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