Read the excerpt from Dispatches.Because, really, what a choice there was; what a prodigy of things to be afraid of! The moment that you understood this, really understood it, you lost your anxiety instantly. Anxiety was a luxury, a joke you had no room for once you knew the variety of deaths and mutilations the war offered.The purpose of the paradox in the excerpt is to
Answer
A
illustrate the narrator’s desire to relieve his uneasiness.
B
reinforce the physical and emotional challenges of war.
C
show that indulgences are stolen during war, not provided.
D
highlight the idea that fear can be viewed in different ways.