Question

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." How does Turner’s perspective affect this part of the story? The reader is able to see that Turner cares more about his friendship with Lizzie than the social taboo of hanging out on Malaga Island. The reader is able to see that Turner is simply rebellious and will do anything to embarrass his father in front of his father’s congregation. The reader is able to see how Turner has been influenced by the beliefs of his father and the older people who live in Phippsburg. The reader is able to see that children do not have a clear or accurate view of the real world because they have not yet had many experiences.

Answer 1

Answer:

The reader is able to see that Turner cares more about his friendship with Lizzie than the social taboo of hanging out on Malaga Island

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Reverend Buckminster is chiding Turner for meeting up with Lizzie a negro girl because he's scared of what the people and congregation would say. Rev. Buckminster says he doesn't care how Lizzie got there and what they discussed but Turner replies that it matters to him.

Therefore, Turner’s perspective affects this part of the story because the reader is able to see that Turner cares more about his friendship with Lizzie than the social taboo of hanging out on Malaga Island