Question

Sailing across the bay to the Chênière Caminada, Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast, whose chains had been loosening—had snapped the night before when the mystic spirit was abroad, leaving her free to drift whithersoever she chose to set her sails. Which best explains how the excerpt is an example of naturalism?
(a) Edna is learning how to exercise free will in spite of the environmental conditions that surround her.
(b) Edna’s sailboat ride imitates the kind of sailboat ride that would take place in the real world.
(c) Edna is responding to her environment, which is in control of her feelings and behaviors.
(d) Edna’s emotions imitate those of people in real life who experience traveling by sailboat.

Answer 1

Answer:

C). Edna is responding to her environment, which is in control of her feelings and behaviors.

Explanation:

Naturalism exemplifies a literary genre that offers extreme realism. It discusses how social and environmental changes shape an individual and focuses on realistic situations and common values of daily life. In this excerpt, the option that best fits and justifies the above claim is displayed is option C as it displays her(Edna's) response to environment which molds her behavior and feelings which is very much affiliated to real-life situations of ordinary life, thereby proposing extreme realism. Thus, the correct answer is option C.