In the lessons this week, you have examined two texts in order to analyze how the structural elements of each contributes to the overall meaning and style. Now you will write or type an essay explaining how both authors develop the idea that a drummer boy was a valued member of the army during the Civil War. Use support from your analysis of both texts to develop your ideas. You may use the sample sentence starters below to help you begin!

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.