Question

purpose for reading: in this excerpt from laura hillenbrands unbroken, a soldier returns home from world war ii. during the war, he was held as a prisoner and abused both physically and emotionally for over two years. pay attention to how the author uses descriptive language and contrasting emotions to develop the mood of the passage.
excerpt from unbroken, by laura hillenbrand
(1) on an october afternoon, louie stepped out of an army car and stood on the lawn at 2028 gramercy avenue, looking at his parents house for the first time in more than three years.
(2) \this, this little home,\ he said, \was worth all of it.\
(3) as his parents and siblings filed into the house, louie paused, overcome by a strange uneasiness. he had to push himself to walk up the steps.
(4) the house was done up top to bottom for his homecoming. the surface of the dining room table was a traffic jam of heaping dishes. three years worth of christmas and birthday presents sat ready for
in paragraph 4, what does the main characters unchanged plymouth convertible symbolize?
his familys financial struggles
the cars popularity during the time period
rapid changes in his life
life continuing as it was before the war

Explanation:

The text describes the homecoming scene with the house being "done up top to bottom" and the dining - room table having "three years' worth of Christmas and birthday presents". This suggests that life at home has continued in a relatively unchanged way, similar to before the war. The main Plymouth convertible symbolizes this continuity as it represents a part of life that has remained the same amidst the character's return from war.

Answer:

Life continuing as it was before the war