The Locket
by Kate Chopin
A man was picking his way across the plain. He was dressed in the garb of a clergyman. His mission was to administer the consolations of religion to any of the prostrate figures in whom there might yet linger a spark of life. . . .
There were no wounded here; they had been borne away. But the retreat had been hurried and the vultures and the good Samaritans would have to look to the dead.
There was a soldier—a mere boy—lying with his face to the sky. His hands were clutching the sward on either side and his finger nails were stuffed with earth and bits of grass that he had gathered in his despairing grasp upon life. His musket was gone; he was hatless and his face and clothing were begrimed. Around his neck hung a gold chain and locket. The priest, bending over him, unclasped the chain and removed it from the dead soldier’s neck. He had grown used to the terrors of war and could face them unflinchingly; but its pathos, someway, always brought the tears to his old, dim eyes.
"The Locket" by Kate Chopin
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which sentence from the passage best supports the theme that one can never truly become accustomed to the brutality of war?
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Responses
“There was a soldier—a mere boy—lying with his face to the sky.”
“There was a soldier—a mere boy—lying with his face to the sky.”
“He had grown used to the terrors of war and could face them unflinchingly; but its pathos, someway, always brought the tears to his old, dim eyes.”
“He had grown used to the terrors of war and could face them unflinchingly; but its pathos, someway, always brought the tears to his old, dim eyes.”
“The priest, bending over him, unclasped the chain and removed it from the dead soldier’s neck.”
“The priest, bending over him, unclasped the chain and removed it from the dead soldier’s neck.”
“His mission was to administer the consolations of religion to any of the prostrate figures in whom there might yet linger a spark of life.”
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