What is the common understanding that Landrieu is asking his audience to come to?

To literally put the Confederacy on a pedestal in our most prominent places of honor is an inaccurate recitation of our full past.

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it creates a visual picture of the man.

it conveys what the scene sounds like.

it describes the actions of the boy.

it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters.

it encourages readers to care for the characters.