Read the excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” The boy bent over her and stared at the long pink-gold hair and the half-shut sleeping eyes. Then he looked up and stared at Mr. Shiftlet. “She looks like an angel of Gawd,” he murmured. “Hitch-hiker,” Mr. Shiftlet explained. “I can’t wait. I got to make Tuscaloosa.” The boy bent over again and very carefully touched his finger to a strand of the golden hair and Mr. Shiftlet left. Which statement most accurately represents the excerpt’s larger idea?
Answer
A
You may not get everything that you have bargained for.
B
Getting what you want may not make you happy.
C
Beauty and truth appear in unexpected places.
D
Social isolation may lead people to act immorally.