Question

question 10 of 10
read these lines from komunyakaas \facing it\:
... i turn
this way - the stone lets me go.
what does the figurative language in this excerpt most likely mean?
a. the narrator drops the stone he intended to use as a weapon.
b. the narrator forgives himself for pelting the enemy.
c. the narrator frees himself from a stone that landed on him during a blast.
d. the narrator turns away from the war memorial wall.

Explanation:

In Komunyakaa's "Facing It," the speaker is at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The "stone" here is a metaphor for the memorial wall. When the speaker says "I turn this way - the stone lets me go," it means he turns away from the wall (the "stone"). Option A is incorrect as there's no indication of a stone as a weapon. Option B has no basis in the text. Option C misinterprets the "stone" as a literal stone from a blast rather than the memorial.

Answer:

D. The narrator turns away from the war memorial wall.