Question

What did we say to each other that now we are as the deer who walk in single file with heads high with ears forward with eyes watchful with hooves always placed on firm ground in whose limbs there is latent flight Source: Momaday, N. Scott. “Simile.” The Language of Literature. New York: McDougal Littell, 2006. 265. Print. Which of the following excerpts illustrates the theme that people are cautious around those who have hurt them? I. “who walk in single file/with heads high” II. “with ears forward/with eyes watchful” III. “in whose limbs there is latent flight” I, II, and III I only I and II II and III

Answer 1

Hi there. The answer is I and II.  I. “who walk in single file/with heads high” II. “with ears forward/with eyes watchful”. These excerpts definitely illustrate the theme that people are cautious around those who have hurt them.

In this literature, “Simile” by N.Scott Momaday, people who are cautious are being compared to a deer. In the woods, the deer are always watchful and ready to flee when they sense a slightest danger or harm.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The answer is I and II.  

The first statement “who walk in single file/with heads high” and the second statement II. “with ears forward/with eyes watchful”.

Both these statements show that people who are hurt by other people become cautious about the same. The excerpt are taken from content written by  N.Scott Momaday. In these phases, the writer has compared the hurt people with deer who is always watchful of what is happening around them.