Read this excerpt from "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk." I wonder, when I look at the bombed out peasant hamlets, the orphans begging and stealing on the streets of Saigon and the women and children with napalm burns lying on the hospital cots, whether the United States or any nation has the right to inflict this suffering and degradation on another people for its own ends.How do the allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage?
Answer
A
The allusions clarify the geographic locations visited by the author.
B
The allusions recall specific locations and horrors of the Vietnam conflict.
C
The allusions question the Vietnamese for allowing such a violent war.
D
The allusions criticize the political philosophies that encourage suffering.
Explanation
The references to Saigon, bombed peasant hamlets, and napalm burns evoke particular places and the human suffering associated with the Vietnam War. These details reinforce the speaker’s moral question about whether a nation has the right to cause such suffering for its own purposes. They do not blame the Vietnamese for the war; instead, they emphasize the conflict’s concrete horrors.
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