Question 19 of 20
Read this excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms," which describes
soldiers' horrific experiences in the war. How does the author increase the
emotional power of his essay?
This is how you feel after a few days of constant firing. Your skin feels
thick and insensitive. There is a salty taste in your mouth. A hard,
painful knot is in your stomach where the food is undigested. Your
eyes do not pick up much detail and the sharp outlines of objects are
slightly blurred. Everything looks a little unreal. When you walk, your
feet hardly seem to touch the ground and there is a floaty feeling all
over your body. Even the time sense seems to be changed. Men who
are really moving at a normal pace seem to take forever to pass a
given point. And when you move it seems to you that you are very
Read this excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms," which describes
soldiers' horrific experiences in the war. How does the author increase the
emotional power of his essay?
This is how you feel after a few days of constant firing. Your skin feels
thick and insensitive. There is a salty taste in your mouth. A hard,
painful knot is in your stomach where the food is undigested. Your
eyes do not pick up much detail and the sharp outlines of objects are
slightly blurred. Everything looks a little unreal. When you walk, your
feet hardly seem to touch the ground and there is a floaty feeling all
over your body. Even the time sense seems to be changed. Men who
are really moving at a normal pace seem to take forever to pass a
given point. And when you move it seems to you that you are very
