(AFA - 2023)
Directions: Read Text V and answer questions 09, 10 and 11 accordingly.
TEXT IV
| I know I shall meet my fate | |
| Somewhere among the clouds above; | |
| Those that I fight I do not hate, | |
| Those that I guard I do not love; | |
| 5 | My country is Kiltartan Cross, |
| My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, | |
| No likely end could bring them loss | |
| Or leave them happier than before. | |
| Nor law, nor duty bade1 me fight, | |
| 10 | Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, |
| A lonely impulse of delight | |
| Drove to this tumult in the clouds; | |
| I balanced all, brought all to mind, | |
| The years to come seemed waste of breath, | |
| 15 | A waste of breath the years behind |
| In balance with this life, this death. |
(YEATS, W.B. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death in Rhyme and Reason, An Anthology. Org. O’MALLEY, Raymond. HartDavis Educational.)
Vocabulary:
1. Bid (bade, bidden): to tell somebody to do something.
TEXT V
| Oh, I’ve just come from the land of the sun | |
| From a war that must be won | |
| In the name of truth | |
| With our soldiers so brave | |
| 5 | Your freedom we will save |
| With our rifles and grenades | |
| And some help from God | |
| I want to see my family | |
| My wife and child waiting for me | |
| 10 | I’ve got to go home |
| I’ve been so alone you see | |
| You just can’t believe | |
| The joy I did receive | |
| When I finally got my leave | |
| 15 | And I was going home |
| Oh, I flew through the sky | |
| My convictions could not lie | |
| For my country I would die | |
| And I will see it soon | |
| 20 | When I walked through the door |
| My wife she laid upon the floor | |
| And with tears her eyes were sore | |
| I did not know why | |
| Then I looked into her hand | |
| 25 | And I saw the telegram |
| Said that I was a brave, brave man | |
| But that I was dead |
(SUMMER, Bernard; GILBERT, Gillian; HOOK, Peter; MORRIS, Stephen. Lyrics to Love Vigilantes, performed by New Order, Low Life CD, track 1, Universal Music Publishing Group, 1986. Taken from https://lyricfind.com)
Whose characteristic is described below? Write 4 for the speaker in Text IV, and 5 for the speaker in Text V.
( ) He is driven by a patriotic fervor.
( ) He is fighting because he cares who wins.
( ) He is believed to have been killed in action.
( ) Nothing else in his life seems worth pursuing.
( ) He considers aspects of his past, present and future.
Now, mark the correct option.
5 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 4
5 / 5 / 4 / 4 / 5
4 / 4 / 5 / 5 / 4
4 / 4 / 4 / 5 / 5
Gabarito:
5 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 4
(5) Isso pode ser observado no início da música, com a frase from a war that must be won. Há um sentimento de patriotismo muito forte na fala do eu lírico, que realmente acredita na necessidade de vitória de sua nação na guerra.
(5) A partir da mesma frase, podemos concluir justamente que o eu lírico se importa com quem ganha a guerra, já que ele quer que o próprio país obtenha a vitória. No texto IV, isso não aparece.
(5) A esposa do homem recebeu um telegrama dizendo que ele havia sido morto.
(4) Isso pode ser observado em "The years to come seemed waste of breath,/A waste of breath the years behind/In balance with this life, this death".
(4) O eu lírico comenta sobre motivações, fatos do presente e intenções/esperanças para o futuro, o que o personagem do texto V não faz, já que ele se concentra no presente.
Já que a sequência correta é 5-5-5-4-4, a alternativa a ser assinalada é a de letra A.