Select the correct answer.
Read the excerpts, paying special attention to the underlined sections. How does the theme differ in the two excerpts?
OA. While "Ambush" deals with a soldier struggling to come to terms with his experiences, "Symptoms" deals with
soldiers who have become so apathetic that they no longer try to understand their experiences.
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"Ambush" talks of a soldier who can't share his feelings with his daughter but hopes to someday, while "Symptoms"
deals with soldiers who have lost all memories of the worst experiences of war.
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Oc. "Ambush" deals with a soldier who is afraid of forgetting the war and who deals with his fear by writing down the
stories, while "Symptoms" deals with soldiers who deliberately suppress all their painful memories of the war
experience.
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In "Ambush," the narrator works out his negative emotions about the war by confiding in his loved ones: in
"Symptoms," the soldiers are unable to work out their negative emotions because they have completely forgotten
their experiences.