Characterization and Central Ideas in A Night to Remember
Question 8 • Language Arts 7 B (M12 25/26 S2)
Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.No. 6 was halfway down when a woman called up to the Boat Deck, "We’ve only one seaman in the boat!""Any seamen there?" Lightoller asked the people on deck."If you like, I will go," called a voice from the crowd."Are you a seaman?""I am a yachtsman.""If you’re sailor enough to get out on that fall, you can go down." Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen—vice-commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club—swung himself out on the forward fall and slid down into the boat. He was the only male passenger Lightoller allowed in a boat that night.What does the reader learn about Peuchen from his actions in the excerpt?
Answer
A
He is an experienced seaman.
B
He is thinking only of himself.
C
His family is already in a lifeboat.
D
His main desire is to help the others in the boat.