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Universal Themes in Lord of the Flies

Question 10 • VT-FL-FAST-Grade 10 English Language Arts-Reading

Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding."You got to be tough now. Make 'em do what you want.”Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem."If I blow the conch and they don’t come back, then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.”"If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway. I can’t see what they’re doing but I can hear.”The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved. They were chanting something and littluns that had had enough were staggering away, howling. Ralph raised the conch to his lips and then lowered it.

Answer
A
by showing that Piggy and Ralph sometimes disagree
B
by showing that the boys have stopped listening to Ralph
C
by showing that Ralph is worried about blowing on the conch
D
by showing that Piggy thinks Ralph should be a stronger leader

Explanation

Piggy tells Ralph, “You got to be tough now. Make ’em do what you want,” urging him to act more firmly as leader. Ralph worries that if the boys do not answer the conch, they will abandon the fire and lose their chance of rescue. The scene therefore shows Piggy believing Ralph should be a stronger leader, rather than merely showing that they disagree.

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