Question

persuasive text - authors point of view
gettysburg address\?
when soldiers die we should pay homage to them.
everyone who dies does so in vain because life is pointless.
a soldiers sacrifice does not mean anything to anyone.

1. four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation,

conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we
are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so
dedicated, can long endure. we are met on a great battle - field of that war. we have come to
dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that
that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

1. but, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this

ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our
poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,
but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who fought here, have, thus far, so nobly advanced. it is rather

Explanation:

The Gettysburg Address emphasizes honoring the soldiers who died. The text mentions dedicating a portion of the battlefield as a resting - place for those who gave their lives so that the nation might live. It also states that the brave men (living and dead) who struggled have consecrated the ground. The second option ("Everyone who dies does so in vain because life is pointless") is contrary to the address's theme of sacrifice having meaning. The third option ("A soldier’s sacrifice does not mean anything to anyone") is also incorrect as the address clearly implies that the sacrifice is significant.

Answer:

When soldiers die we should pay homage to them.