Which answer best states a theme developed by the details in the excerpt? A) When citizens cannot agree, war may be the only answer. B) Every war results in disease and suffering. C) It takes courage to fight when there is the risk of failing .D) Freedom is a cause worth fighting for. Read the excerpt from Pink and Say. “Mother, this war has to be won or this sickness that has taken this land will never stop.” Pink always called slavery “the sickness” when we talked. “We have to go.’’