PLZ HELP Read the excerpt from "Tough Break."

Angered just a moment ago, Fabio now smiled. He was going to be in the parade. Not only that, but the chariot had orange and yellow streamers.

Fabio’s attitude has changed because

A. he no longer cares about being in the parade with everyone else.
B. he will be able to walk in the parade because his leg has healed.
C. he can be in the parade even though he will not play his saxophone.
D. he is going to participate in the parade thanks to his friends.

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

answer: the essay describes the experience of the english narrator, possibly orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in burma.

explanation: