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How does the structure of Tim O'Brien's story "Ambush" relate to its title?  A. The narrator's present life cannot escape the bombardment of his wartime memories and actions. B. The narrator's war experiences are in the distant past and no longer influence the present. C. The narrator's platoon was surrounded by the enemy, similar to the way the narrator feels when he is surrounded by his family. D. The narrator continues to write war stories, but he is unable to talk about his wartime experiences. E. The narrator feels his daughter and the young enemy continually cause him to face his past.

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How does the structure of Tim O'Brien's story "Ambush" relate to its title?  A. The narrator's present life cannot escape the bombardment of his wartime memories and actions. B. The narrator's war experiences are in the distant past and no longer influence the present. C. The narrator's platoon was surrounded by the enemy, similar to the way the narrator feels when he is surrounded by his family. D. The narrator continues to write war stories, but he is unable to talk about his wartime experiences. E. The narrator feels his daughter and the young enemy continually cause him to face his past.

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The structure of Tim O'Brien's story "Ambush" is closely related to its title in the sense that the narrator's present life is constantly under the 'ambush' of his wartime memories and actions. This is reflected in option A: "The narrator's present life cannot escape the bombardment of his wartime memories and actions." The story is structured in a way that the narrator's past and present are intertwined, and his past experiences in the war continue to ambush his present life. This is especially evident when he is asked by his daughter about the war, and he is forced to confront his past actions. Therefore, the structure of the story is a constant ambush of the past on the present, which aligns with the title of the story.

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