Why does Okita include this description of the speaker? to emphasize the cultural differences between Japanese Americans and other Americansto accentuate the social injustice of Japanese Americans being internedto highlight the fact that the speaker is no different from any other average American girlto call attention to the tear in the narrator’s relationship with her best friend

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things

the answer is a.

explanation:

the clause "looking toward the south" modifies "a funnel cloud." it's not really the cloud that's "looking," but grammatically, that clause is modifying the cloud.