In paragraph 11, which detail best supports the main idea of peter's plight seeming hopeless?
a) peter's straw hat had many straws missing.
b) peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening.
c) …his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides.
d) why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that peter was in his own obscure way, a sort of genius?

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.