Which of the following passages best supports O'Brien's message that blame and guilt were universal in Vietnam?
A. In Vietnam, too, we had ways of making the dead seem not quite
so dead. Shaking hands, that was one way. By slighting death, by
acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was.
B. "I felt sort of guilty almost, like if I'd kept my mouth shut none of it
would've ever happened. Like it was my fault."
Norman Bowker looked out across the wet field.
"Nobody's fault," he said. "Everybody's."
C. There were twenty-seven bodies altogether, and parts of several
others. The dead were everywhere. Some lay in piles. Some lay
alone.
D. There were Christians among us, like Kiowa, who believed in the
New Testament stories of life after death. Other stories were
passed down like legends from old-timer to newcomer.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile