Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding."You’ve noticed, haven’t you?”Jack put down his spear and squatted."Noticed what?”"Well. They’re frightened.”He rolled over and peered into Jack’s fierce, dirty face."I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear ’em. Have you been awake at night?”Jack shook his head."They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others. As if—”"As if it wasn’t a good island.”Astonished at the interruption, they looked up at Simon’s serious face."As if,” said Simon, "the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. Remember?”
Answer
A
the inevitability of death
B
the tension between truth and illusion
C
the impact of the past on the present
D
the relationship between civilization and nature
Explanation
Simon points out that the boys are frightened and suggests that the beast may be real, challenging the idea that it is merely an imagined creature. The passage focuses on uncertainty about what is real and what is illusion, which is the tension between truth and illusion. The other choices are not the main concern in this exchange.
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