Question

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in \ambush,\ which sentence best reflects the idea that obrien is more concerned with emotional truth than factual truth?
i want to tell her exactly what happened, or what i remember happening.
he was a short, slender young man of about twenty.
shortly after midnight we moved into the ambush site outside my khe.
he wore black clothing and rubber sandals and a gray ammunition belt.

Explanation:

To determine the sentence reflecting O'Brien's concern with emotional truth over factual truth, we analyze each option:

• The first option ("I want to tell her exactly what happened, or what I remember happening") involves memory and subjective recollection, emphasizing emotional truth (what he remembers, which is tied to emotion) rather than strict factual accuracy.
• The other options ("He was a short...", "Shortly after midnight...", "He wore black clothing...") are statements of factual details (physical description, time, attire) without a focus on emotional truth.

Answer:

A. I want to tell her exactly what happened, or what I remember happening.