read the excerpt from lizzie bright and the buckminster boy. he had seen the island from the far ledges…

read the excerpt from lizzie bright and the buckminster boy. he had seen the island from the far ledges, standing with his father and sheriff elwell and deacon hurd and everyone else important in the town. a stony beach, a stony ledge or two, some pines - a few toppled over with their heads in the water, a few tilted, most of them still straight. there had seemed nothing on the island that would set anyone but a gull to wishing that he could live there. but coming on it now, from the water, with lizzie stroking and angling her way to the point, turner felt as if he was on the brink of a discovery.... turner felt the world moving slowly and anciently beneath him, and he began to sway back and forth with the waves, with the trees, with the rolling globe itself. this excerpt highlights the conflict between the phippsburg townspeople, who do not think much of malaga island, and turner, who comes to love the island. turners father, the sheriff, and the deacon, who all have opposing views of malaga island. the townspeople who live on the side of phippsburg facing malaga island and the townspeople who live on the other side of the town. turner, who lives in the town of phippsburg, and lizzie bright, who lives with her grandfather on malaga island.

read the excerpt from lizzie bright and the buckminster boy. he had seen the island from the far ledges, standing with his father and sheriff elwell and deacon hurd and everyone else important in the town. a stony beach, a stony ledge or two, some pines - a few toppled over with their heads in the water, a few tilted, most of them still straight. there had seemed nothing on the island that would set anyone but a gull to wishing that he could live there. but coming on it now, from the water, with lizzie stroking and angling her way to the point, turner felt as if he was on the brink of a discovery.... turner felt the world moving slowly and anciently beneath him, and he began to sway back and forth with the waves, with the trees, with the rolling globe itself. this excerpt highlights the conflict between the phippsburg townspeople, who do not think much of malaga island, and turner, who comes to love the island. turners father, the sheriff, and the deacon, who all have opposing views of malaga island. the townspeople who live on the side of phippsburg facing malaga island and the townspeople who live on the other side of the town. turner, who lives in the town of phippsburg, and lizzie bright, who lives with her grandfather on malaga island.

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Brief Explanations:

The first option correctly identifies the conflict. The townspeople (like those with the father, sheriff, deacon) initially saw nothing special in Malaga Island. But Turner later comes to love it, showing the conflict between their views. The second option wrongly focuses on just Turner's father, sheriff, and deacon instead of the broader townspeople. The third option's division within Phippsburg townspeople is not in the text. The fourth option's conflict between Turner and Lizzie isn't the main one here; the main is Turner vs the townspeople's view of the island.

Answer:

the Phippsburg townspeople, who do not think much of Malaga Island, and Turner, who comes to love the island.