Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph is speaking.
"The trouble is: Are there ghosts, Piggy? Or beasts?”
"’Course there aren’t.”
"Why not?”
"’Cos things wouldn’t make sense. Houses an’ streets, an’—TV—they wouldn’t work.”
The dancing, chanting boys had worked themselves away till their sound was nothing but a wordless rhythm.
"But s’pose they don’t make sense? Not here, on this island? Supposing things are watching us and waiting?”
Ralph shuddered violently and moved closer to Piggy, so that they bumped frighteningly.
"You stop talking like that! We got enough trouble, Ralph, an’ I’ve had as much as I can stand. If there is ghosts—”
"I ought to give up being chief. Hear 'em.”
"Oh lord! Oh no!”
Piggy gripped Ralph’s arm.
"If Jack was chief he’d have all hunting and no fire. We’d be here till we died.”
How are the universal themes "humanity’s search for meaning in the world” and "the importance of hope to human happiness” best developed in this passage?
Golding uses action to show how the boys investigate what happens on the island.
Golding uses description to emphasize the mysterious threats facing the boys.
Golding uses dialogue to show that the boys attempt to find a positive explanation for events.
Golding uses internal thoughts to show that the boys are trying to make the best of their situation.
