Question
400
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 vou kill
one. Do all of you see?" He spread his arms wide and
tumed to the whole triangle. I
How is the universal theme of the tension between
treedom and responsibility developed in this
passage?
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by the intensity of the way Ralph speaks to the
boys
by Ralph's implication that catching a pig is
unimportant
through the laughing of the hunters when Ralph
speaks to them
through Ralph's statement that fire is more
important than hunting
Answer
In this passage, the tension between freedom and responsibility is developed through Ralph's passionate speech to the hunters, his implication that catching a pig is unimportant, the laughing of the hunters, and his statement that fire is more important than hunting.