How does the italicized paragraph on page 2
contribute to the plot?
By evoking opposition, the paragraph creates rising
action and suspense.

By revealing the past, the paragraph helps explain
present motives.

By showing contrast, the paragraph foreshadows
future family conflict.

By exposing the past, the paragraph suggests the
story's resolution

By evoking opposition, the paragraph creates rising

action and suspense.

Explanation:

The italicized paragraph is a reflection of Ithenhiel’s figment of his imagination, and not necessarily his past. This figment of his imagination as depicted by this paragraph creates rising action and suspense. Also, what is depicted in the paragraph does not suggest there any future conflict in Ithenhiel’s family. Rather, we can infer that this paragraph evokes opposition revealing Ithenhiel’s own thought, thereby creating  rising action and suspense.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.