What allusion is made in the first paragraph of the story "balboa"? how does this allusion shape readers' understanding of balboa's character?

Balboa was described as a self-aware person. This character of his created an allusion of his character in the story. Balboa believed that his name will live forever. He had committed errors in his judgments. He never thought that his inconsistency had lead him to travelling all over the world.

the answer is b) ''i hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere mourning ''.

the reason being that although all of the options provided are valid the main idea of the speech by prime minister junichiro koizumi is to express his and japan's current antiwar pledge.

he states that 59 years had passed since the war, he acknowledges the 3 million japanese that lost their lives during the war and those countries who were affected by their decisions, as well as the way japan intends to develop relationships across the globe however all of this can be summarize to how japan as a whole regrets the war and its consecuences.

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