Which best describes a theme of both “ambush” and “facing it”?

(a) even people who have experienced brutal events have hope for the future.

(b) only by telling the truth can people be absolved of the guilt they feel.

(c) soldiers were not given enough respect during the vietnam war.

(d) war and violence leave a lasting impact on people, especially soldiers.

The answer seems indeed to be letter D) War and violence leave a lasting impact on people, especially on soldiers.

Ambush, by Tim O'Brien, narrates his own participation as a soldier in the Vietnam War. His memory of killing a young enemy soldier still haunts him, some days more, some days less. There are days when he doesn't feel, doesn't remember anything. But, from time to time, the image of the young soldier reappears, out of a fog, and then vanishes.

Facing it, by Yusef Komunyakaa, is a poem in which the author narrates the impact of the Vietnam War over himself and others after visiting a Memorial. The names, the losses, the pain, all touch him deeply, as the veteran who has lost an arm is also forever touched by the conflict. As the speakers says,

"I said I wouldn't  

dammit: No tears.    

I'm stone. I'm flesh."

He can't help it but to be emotional.

i believe the answer is thesis, reasons, evidence, counterclaim, conclusion

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human