Read the following passage:
Amid the many horrors of the Vietnam War, I found one of
the worst to be the waiting – those quiet times of inactivity
when anticipation of the next attack weighed on me like a
pile of bricks. I might be lying in the mud along a creek bed
somewhere, completely oblivious to the cold, the wet
earth, or the smell of gunpowder still fresh in my nostrils. It
was those times of waiting that showed me I had nothing
else in my mind - no past, no future, no ideas. Just a raw
awareness of the moment.
Which best explains how imagery contributes to the meaning of this
passage?
A. It helps readers understand the setting where the soldier waits for
the enemy to attack.
O
B. It reveals the soldier's reasons for fighting by describing the smell
of gunpowder.
O
C. It suggests the horrors of the war by comparing the soldier's
workload to a pile of bricks.
O
D. It helps readers understand the reasons for the soldier's anxious
feelings.