Question

in jaws, the bestselling novel by peter benchley that inspired a hit film, a huge and savage great white shark terrorizes a beachfront community. police chief martin brody tries to hunt down the shark to protect the community, but to kill the beast he also has to confront corrupt politicians, reckless tourists, and bloodthirsty fishermen.
which selection from the text is an example of conflict between character and nature?
options:

• to protect the community
• the bestselling novel by peter benchley
• to hunt down the shark
• dishonest politicians, reckless tourists, and bloodthirsty fishermen

Explanation:

To determine the example of character - nature conflict, we analyze each option:

• "to protect the community": This is a goal, not a conflict.
• "the bestselling novel by Peter Benchley": This is just information about the novel's author and its popularity, not a conflict.
• "to hunt down the shark": The character (Police chief Martin Brody) is trying to hunt down the great white shark (a part of nature). This shows the conflict between the character and nature as the shark is a natural entity and the chief is taking action against it.
• "dishonest politicians, reckless tourists, and bloodthirsty fishermen": These are human characters, so this is a character - character conflict, not character - nature.

Answer:

C. to hunt down the shark (assuming the options are labeled A, B, C, D with "to hunt down the shark" as option C)