What aspect of culture does the following excerpt from "what for" by garrett hongo celebrate?

i lived for stories about the war
my grandfather told over hana cards,
slapping them down on the mats
with a sharp japanese kiai.

The aspect of culture that the excerpt from "What For" by Garrett Hongo celebrates is family.

Explanation:

The excerpt from "What For" by Garrett Hongo creates a mental image of a family happily interacting doing traditional things that pass from generation to generation, as it mentions the Hana cards which traditional in Japanese families to play games in the reunions, it also mentions how important are the stories that the grandfather used to tell for the narrator.

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.