Question

How does the narrator's description of the setting in paragraphs 3-6 function in the context of the story as a whole? The Secret Source
Ben Okri
2022


A. It illustrates how the characters' attitudes have slowly changed from skeptical to gullible.
B. It reveals the scarcity of water and the political climate that leads to the characters' actions.
C. It suggests that readers should not completely trust the main character's perception of reality.
D. It highlights the reasons why the main characters are the only ones to identify a need for clean drinking water.

Answer 1

B. The paragraphs establish the town's desperate lack of water and the tense political/social conditions, which set the stakes and motivate the characters' choices throughout the story.