Question

In lines 83-87, the description of the porcupine woman emphasizes the discrepancy between her

• A. social position and her private feelings
• B. physical wealth and her moral poverty
• C. hostile action and her ultimate gratitude
• D. original goal and her actual situation
• E. grandiose ambition and her real needs

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

original goal and her actual situation

The porcupine woman had set out to go non a hunt but at the end, she ends up exhausted, without quills to defend her and on the bear-path. The description of the porcupine woman in line 83-87 highlights this difference between her original goal and her situation in the end. Thus D is the answer