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AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 3. How is Burne's view of pacifism best characterized in lines 57 through 67?
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- 00:04
You can't handle the shmoop...
- 00:07
Déjà vu, anyone? Yes, you've seen this passage before, but it couldn't hurt to press pause
- 00:12
and take another look...
- 00:39
How is Burne's view of pacifism BEST characterized in lines 45 through 50? And here are the potential answers...
- 00:52
All right, lines 45 through 50... let's check 'em out...
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- 00:55
"That's what Stephen must have thought many years ago. But he preached his sermon and
- 00:59
they killed him. He probably thought as he was dying what a waste it all was. But you
- 01:04
see, I've always felt that Stephen's death was the thing that occurred to Paul on the
- 01:08
road to Damascus, and sent him to preach the word of Christ all over the world."
- 01:12
Okay... well the first few sentences talk about what Stephen must have thought as the
- 01:16
Grim Reaper was closin' in on him...
- 01:18
We don't get around to Burne's thoughts on the subject until the fourth sentence, when
- 01:22
he talks about how Stephen's death affected Paul...
- 01:25
...inspiring him to travel the globe, giving shout-outs to Jesus.
- 01:29
So... which one of our answer choices fits with that idea?
- 01:33
Pacifism is useless and the only available option?
- 01:36
Well, if it inspired Paul, then seems to us it was pretty useful... so A can't be the right answer.
- 01:42
A duty to family and friends?
- 01:44
If that's the case, he certainly doesn't mention it... and we really have to stick to what's
- 01:47
given to us in the text. So option B is bogus.
- 01:51
An escapist embrace of death? Sheesh. Melodramatic much? Again... this doesn't accurately reflect
- 01:57
Burne's feelings, so it's outta here.
- 01:59
A religious requirement? Nah... Burne is focusing more on morality here than religion.
- 02:05
And for those of you who don't understand the distinction... uh... there is one. Or
- 02:09
else every atheist would be an uncontrollable killing machine.
- 02:13
So looks like our answer is E -- he sees it as a potentially significant martyrdom.
- 02:17
Well, sure. Stephen lost his own life, but good came out of it. So E makes sense.
- 02:22
Thanks for the sacrifice, Stephen.
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