Which is the best literary analysis thesis statement? a. the lingering effects of war are revealed in both prime minister koizumi's war memorial speech and "the sniper" by liam o'flaherty. b. prime minister koizumi's speech makes you feel sorry for the japanese. c. "the sniper" by liam o'flaherty is a story where two brothers are shooting at each other but they don't know it. d. many stories we read are about violence and brutality, like "the sniper" by liam o'flaherty and "the cask of amontillado" by edgar allen poe.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.