Read this excerpt from the text "not a dove, but no longer a hawk." there were many disappointments those first two years, but when i left vietnam in 1964, i was still, to use the current parlance, a hawk. i returned to saigon in 1965 for another year. now i have left again, and much has changed. there were 17,000 american servicemen in vietnam at the time of my first departure and there are now 317,000 and i, while not a dove, am no longer a hawk. . based on this excerpt, neil sheehan would most likely agree that

Based on this excerpt, Neil Sheehan would probably agree that the consequences of a war do more harm than good.

Explanation:

In the text he explains how before witnessing a war he was a hawk, that is, imposing, sagacious and haughty. But with the crescende arrival of the American soldiers and with the war extending during the years he became a dove, that is, more timid, simple and pacific.

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

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.