Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy."May I ask why? Or is this something else that wasn't intended to embarrass the new minister?""Because I wanted to know if it was true.""If what was true?""If Lizzie was lying to me. If all she wanted to do was to get me on her side so she wouldn't have to leave the island."Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there.""It matters to me," Turner whispered."Speak up!"
Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there.""It matters to me," Turner whispered."Speak up!""It matters to me."
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there.""It matters to me," Turner whispered."Speak up!""It matters to me."The grim silence circled the room like an eager tiger. It flicked its tail greedily at them, circling, circling, circling. Turner felt that it was about to pounce, claws fully out.And then it did."Forbidden is forbidden. You will stay in the house for the next two weeks, Turner. If I cannot trust you not to go to the island, then I will have to keep you under my eye. You may not leave here except for church services. And this means that you may not go down to the docks today.""They're not down on the docks.""Speak up, Turner. Good Lord, don't mumble like a little whipped boy.""They're not down on the damn docks."
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.She glared at him."Lizzie, I swear to you, as sure as I'm standing right here—that's a lie. Every bit of it. Every single bit.""My granddaddy said it was a lie, too." She leaned her head to one side and looked at him steadily. "So why haven't you been down to the island?""So only you get to ask questions now?""Yes." She waited."I haven't been down to the island because my father believes that you were using me to help you stay on Malaga Island.""Well," she said slowly. "Well.""I didn't believe it, either." The sea breeze lay at their feet panting, hoping they would play with it again.
The author chose to tell Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy from the perspective of children rather than adults.
Based on the excerpt, which lines support the conclusion that Turner is willing to defy his father’s wishes and see Lizzie the next day? Check all that apply.
Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there.""It matters to me," Turner whispered."Speak up!""It matters to me."
What are some clues that the narrator’s point of view is third-person omniscient? Check all that apply.
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