pg 665 q 15.
The footnote about the battle of the Somme adds information that___________
A. shows how history has been rewritten to glorify the war
B. trivializes the dangers faced by most of the soldiers
C. emphasizes the inaccuracy of the published reports
D. suggests that the cost of war outweighed its benefits
E. offers a journalist’s personal reflection on the war
The correct answer is C and I don’t get the reason why, because I thought the reason of the usage of the footnote is to provide more information and C has nothing to do with it.
Can anyone help me, please?
The overral topic of passage is that civilian population did not know the true realities of the war. Northcliffe says that the situation in the battle of Somme “was favorable, there is a fair field”. But the footnote states that “The British army had nearly 60.000 casualties, the largest number for any single day in the amiy’s history”. This statement directly contradicts his description of the battle, hence emphasizes the inaccuracy of the his reports…
The answer is C because the footnote says that during that battle, the British army had the largest number of soldiers dead for any one day in history, which implies that the battle went really wrong.
However, as the passage says, Lord Northcliffe said in the newspaper that it went well. Therefore, the footnote emphasizes how inaccurate the published report was.