Which statement best reflects a central idea used by the author? RI2 a. The Viet Nam War had a terrible effect on Elrod Birdall’s emotions.
b. Heroes do not always save you, but they may enable you to save yourself.
c. The Baltimore Orioles are worse at baseball than Boston Red Sox.
d. War is a necessary evil that no one enjoys but must happen for the greater good.

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used