Read this excerpt from john steinbeck's "symptoms," which describes soldiers' horrific experiences in the war. how does the author increase the emotional power of his essay? this is how you feel after a few days of constant firing. your skin feels thick and insensitive. there is a salty taste in your mouth. a hard, painful knot is in your stomach where the food is undigested. your eyes do not pick up much detail and the sharp outlines of objects are slightly blurred everything looks a little unreal. when you walk, your feet hardly seem to touch the ground and there is a floaty feeling all over your body. even the time sense seems to be changed. men who are really moving at a normal pace seem to take forever to pass a given point. and when you move it seems to you that you are very much slowed down, although actually you are probably moving more quickly than you normally do. steinbeck describes the physical effects of war, such as "thick and insensitive skin and "salty taste" in the mouth. these graphic descriptions in the present tense attempt to show the gruesome reality of war to readers. 2. steinbeck describes the otherworldly feelings and strange hallucinations felt by the soldiers to highlight how most people have a difficult time comprehending war events 3. steinbeck argues about the negative effect of war on soldiers, such as fatigue, mood swings, and post-traumatic stress disorders, to persuade his readers to be antiwar and support peace. 4. steinbeck uses the pronoun you while describing the horrific experiences of the soldiers. in this way, he makes the soldiers' suffering more relatable to his audience. 5. steinbeck uses scientific evaluation to analyze the negative physical and psychological effects of combat warfare and bombing raids, such as blurred eyesight, hallucinations, and disrupted digestion.

1. in creon’s first words to the chorus, what are the “storms” that threatened to destroy the ship of state?   polynices’ invation of the city with foreign armies was the “storms” eteocles and polynices decided to switch the crown every year, but after eteocles’ first year decided not to share it with polynices. polynices joined forces with foreign armies to invade the city and tried to take the crown from his brother, where he and eteocles killed each other   2. examine creon’s opening speech. what are his concerns? how does he feel about the city and its citizens? what are his motivations for banning the burial of polyneices? what would drive creon to place the concerns of the collective citizens over those of his family?   in creon’s opening speech, his concerns are to count on his citizens to rule. in addition, he wanted to give a clear message by not giving a proper burial to polyneices, if creon gave a proper burial to polyneices his people would think that he was an allied to the foreign forces that invaded the city and threatened the peace of his people.   creon placed the concerns of the collective citizens because he has no use for those who put individual concerns over the needs of his people 3. pay attention to creon’s speech at the beginning of the scene. what does creon think someone’s first loyalty should be and what comes second? do you think he is correct under some conditions? do you think he is wrong in some conditions? explain those conditions. creon thinks someone’s first loyalty should be with the concerns of the collective citizens and second comes our individual wants. i think he is correct because true loyalty takes place in the benefits of many not of a few.   4. what news is the sentry reluctant to deliver?   the sentry is reluctant to say that polyneices had a burial. 5. who does the chorus suggest might have done this?   the chorus suggests that the gods have done that 6. what is creon’s reaction and who does creon think is responsible? creon reacted abruptly and thinks it was a man who bribed his guard to bury polyneices