“frank mccourt, whose irish childhood illuminated his prose, is dead at 78: ” what is most likely the author’s intent by including the extended quote in the paragraphs below?
despite earning a good living and then achieving fame, mccourt never lost touch with his impoverished background.

b)
mccourt never liked to publicly acknowledge his irish roots until he finally sat down and wrote angela’s ashes.

c)
teaching became a way for mccourt to pass along the lessons he learned from literary success after ashes became a juggernaut.

d)
mccourt had a falling out with his brother and other family members after they attempted to capitalize on his success.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.