Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph is speaking."The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make?”He flung out an arm."Look at us! How many are we? And yet we can’t keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to—ought to die before we let the fire out?”There was a self-conscious giggling among the hunters. Ralph turned on them passionately."You hunters! You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one. Do all of you see?” He spread his arms wide and turned to the whole triangle."We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die.”
Answer
A
by the intensity of the way Ralph speaks to the boys
B
by Ralph’s implication that catching a pig is unimportant
C
through the laughing of the hunters when Ralph speaks to them
D
through Ralph’s statement that fire is more important than hunting
Explanation
Ralph’s passion is conveyed through his emphatic language and physical actions: he flings out an arm, turns on the hunters “passionately,” and repeats that they must keep the fire going or die. These details show the intensity of the way he speaks to the boys. He does not say catching pigs is unimportant; he argues that rescue and the signal fire matter more.
AI-written and checked against the verified answer.