Question

comparing multiple universal themes

excerpt 1:
\you wouldnt care to help with the shelters, i suppose?\ ralph asked.
\we want meat—\ jack replied.
\and we dont get it.\
now the antagonism was audible.
\but i shall! next time! ive got to get a barb on this spear! we wounded a pig and the spear fell out. if we could only make barbs—\
\we need shelters.\
suddenly jack shouted in rage.
\are you accusing—?\
\all im saying is weve worked dashed hard. thats all.\ ...
ralph continued, \if it rains like when we dropped in well need shelters all right. and then

the tension between freedom and responsibility and the conflict between an individual’s desires and the community’s needs are two universal themes. how are they most developed in these excerpts?
○ golding uses dialogue to show how the boys have different priorities.
○ golding uses internal thoughts to show how frustrated the boys are.
○ golding uses the boys’ actions to show how they compromise.
○ golding uses description to show how the boys reach their goals.

Explanation:

The excerpt consists of dialogue between Ralph and Jack. Ralph focuses on building shelters (community need), while Jack is concerned with hunting meat (individual desire). The first option states Golding uses dialogue to show different priorities, which matches the dialogue - based conflict between individual desire (Jack's hunting) and community need (Ralph's shelters), and also relates to freedom (Jack's desire for hunting - related freedom) vs responsibility (Ralph's responsibility for shelters). The other options are incorrect: there are no internal thoughts shown, the boys do not compromise (they argue), and the description is not used to show reaching goals.

Answer:

A. Golding uses dialogue to show how the boys have different priorities.