Excerpt from: A Charmed Life

Richard Harding Davis

15 "But why punish me?" she protested. "Do I want the war? Do I want to free Cuba? No! I want YOU, and if you go, you are the one who is sure to be killed. You are so big--and so brave, and you will be rushing in wherever the fighting is, and then--then you will die." She raised her eyes and looked at him as though seeing him from a great distance. "And," she added fatefully, "I will die, too, or maybe I will have to live, to live without you for years, for many miserable years."

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The focus of paragraph 15 is

A) Cuba.

B) honor.

C) bravery.

D) selfishness

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29 April, 07:19

Excerpt from: A Charmed Life

Richard Harding Davis

15 "But why punish me?" she protested. "Do I want the war? Do I want to free Cuba? No! I want YOU, and if you go, you are the one who is sure to be killed. You are so big--and so brave, and you will be rushing in wherever the fighting is, and then--then you will die." She raised her eyes and looked at him as though seeing him from a great distance. "And," she added fatefully, "I will die, too, or maybe I will have to live, to live without you for years, for many miserable years."

.

The focus of paragraph 15 is

A) Cuba.

B) honor.

C) bravery.

D) selfishness

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Yuliana · Answer 1

I believe it is D. Because it says the woman says, "But why punish me?" That shows that the woman is being selfish. But I think it also may be Bravery because he is going to war. But I highly doubt it is Bravery. I am 99% sure it is D.