Plss help ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER MARKED START OF WAR PART A: Which statement expresses the central idea of the text?
A. The South’s attack on Fort Sumter was completely unexpected, as the North
believed that they had come to an agreement.
B. The attack on Fort Sumter was enough to start the Civil War because of the high
number of soldiers who were killed.
C. The attack on Fort Sumter was the result of prolonged tensions between the
North and the South and was the official beginning of a long and bloody war.
D. While the South attempted to weaken the North by attacking their forts, the
North tried to deprive the South of necessary resources.

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.