D. The poem takes a nuetral stand on war
I read this book last year so take this with a grain of salt.
Gene jumps from the tree to compete with Finny due to the fact that Gene is always trying to do better than Finny. He is put under the grasp of peer pressure due to Finny almost forcing him to do this. Ever since he first jumped Finny kept pressuring him to jump since he thought Gene enjoyed jumping.
Rather than uses this answer you should probably just reread chapters 3-4
Hey I have read this a while ago so unfortunately I cannot give you detailed textual evidences. However I can give you some original written ideas.
Basically Brutus uses pure logic in his speech in order to modify his act of murdering his friend. He does take blame and also proves his nobility by saying (or repeating) that he loved Caesar. His speech concludes to Brutus not having sufficient impact on his listeners (at least less than that of Antony). Brutus can indeed be classified as a noble man, as he leaves the place and allows Antony to have his regards paid towards Julius Caesar.
Antony however makes use of numerous emotional gestures, along with expressions in order to awaken the attention of wrong done towards Caesar. He initiates his speech with saying that he can barely talk due to his grief. He further supports his arguments by saying that Caesar was innocent and a noble and well mannered man as well.
I would probably answer with B, because facial expressions would tell if the reader is pleased, annoyed, saddened, ect. by the content :)
