Which two interconnected concepts does carson mccullers develop in this excerpt from "loneliness . . an american malady"? love is affirmation; it motivates the yes responses and the sense of wider communication. love casts out fear, and in the security of this togetherness we find contentment, courage. we no longer fear the age-old haunting questions: "who am i? " why am i? " "where am i going? " —and having cast out fear, we can be honest and charitable. for fear is a primary source of evil. and when the question "who am i? " recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative attitude. the bewildered soul can answer only: "since i do not understand 'who i am,' i only know what i am not." the corollary of this emotional incertitude is snobbism, intolerance and racial hate. acceptance from loved ones people overcome fear. love can trick the individual into seeking social acceptance. acceptance from loved ones hinders individual identity. individualism requires accepting that you cannot be social. fear prevents individuals from reaching their full potential.

Which excerpt from the war of the worldseffectively reveals how the author relates the climax of the narrative through the narrator's thoughts? the war of the worldsall this had happened with such swiftness that i had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light. had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. but it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar.and then, with a renewed horror, i saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit. it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in, but showing as a little black object against the hot western sun.at that time it was quite clear in my own mind that the thing had come from the planet mars, but i judged it improbable that it contained any living creature. i thought the unscrewing might be automatic.my mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth. yet it was a little too large for assurance on this idea. i felt an impatience to see it opened.