Characterization and Central Ideas in A Night to Remember
Question 8 • Language Arts 7 B (M12 25/26 S2)
Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.No. 6 was halfway down when a woman called up to the Boat Deck, "We’ve only one seaman in the boat!""Any seamen there?" Lightoller asked the people on deck."If you like, I will go," called a voice from the crowd."Are you a seaman?""I am a yachtsman.""If you’re sailor enough to get out on that fall, you can go down." Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen—vice-commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club—swung himself out on the forward fall and slid down into the boat. He was the only male passenger Lightoller allowed in a boat that night.What does the reader learn about Peuchen from his actions in the excerpt?
Answer
A
He is an experienced seaman.
B
He is thinking only of himself.
C
His family is already in a lifeboat.
D
His main desire is to help the others in the boat.
Explanation
Peuchen says he is a yachtsman, then proves his sailing experience by swinging onto the boat’s fall and sliding down into the lifeboat. Lightoller lets him go because he is “sailor enough” to manage it, so the reader learns that Peuchen is an experienced seaman.
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