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Read this excerpt from Lord of the Flies.

Jack drew up his legs, clasped his knees, and frowned in an effort to attain clarity.

"All the same—in the forest. I mean when you’re hunting, not when you’re getting fruit, of course, but when you’re on your own—"

He paused for a moment, not sure if Ralph would take him seriously.

"Go on."

"If you’re hunting sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if—" He flushed suddenly.

"There’s nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but—being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle."

What does the excerpt indicate about Jack?

He is happy to have others take charge of things.

He wants people to think he is fearless.

His arrogance masks a degree of fear.

His kindness masks a streak of cruelty.

Answer :

teddyxbear
the answer would be C

answer a has doesn’t show any happiness in the passage so it obviously not it.

answer b he shows he isn’t actually fearless and shows it so it’s not b

answer d in the passage same as answer a he doesn’t really show kindness.

so with all of that crossing off you’ll end up with answer c

The context clues show that the thing that the excerpt indicates about Jack is C. His arrogance masks a degree of fear.

What are context clues?

Context clues are the hints that are given by an author in a literary work to help readers understand the story.

Here, context clues show that the thing that the excerpt indicates about Jack is that his arrogance masks a degree of fear.

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