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Select the correct answers.


Read the following excerpts from two memoirs. What two similarities do the narrators of the two excerpts have in common?

Excerpt 1
I always took my little slingshot when I went to the woods to hunt. My best friend, Arthur, often went with me. Arthur was four years older than I was. It was Arthur who taught me how to fish and hunt. Hunting was always risky. The king had made it illegal for poor people like me to hunt. But the rich lords and ladies were allowed to hunt as much as they pleased. They owned huge private woods and lakes where no one else was allowed. They had scary gamekeepers to protect their property. I knew I could be caught and even killed, but my family had to eat one way or another. So I always went, armed with nothing but a slingshot. Once or twice, I even hit the gamekeepers with pebbles as I tried to escape.

Excerpt 2
Being a pirate’s slave wasn’t easy. I had to clean the decks and do other dirty work. Many times, I thought about escaping. But everywhere I looked, there was only the wide sea. One day, the ship docked at an island. I knew that old Black Beard was planning to sell me. I was afraid my new master would be crueler than the pirate. When the ship docked, I ran toward the gangplank that led outside. Some of the other pirates shouted at me, but I ignored them as I ran. I heard their footsteps behind me. They were chasing me! If I got caught, I would get a good beating. But I didn’t care. I would rather die than spend another minute on that ship.

which one is the right answer

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They are both willing to risk their lives.



They are both 11-year-old boys.



They are both helpless and weak.



They are both happy to stay indoors.



They are both disobedient to authority.

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Respuesta :

I think the correct answer is: They are both willing to risk their lives.  

If we understand the word "willing" as ready to do something, this means they both are ready to risk their lives. We could think that the correct answer is "They are both helpless and weak" but in the first excerpt although he seems weak, he has been able to get food for his family and escape from the gamekeepers, even hitting them with the slingshot.

What they have in common is that although they are concious that their actions can kill them they are determined to do them. In the first excerpt hunting in the woods is forbidden and if someone gets caught doing it he would be "even killed". The kid has no option but to risk his life to get some food:  "but my family had to eat one way or another."

The second excerpt refers to a pirate's slave, he has a miserable life and it could get worse. He is determined to scape or die trying, we can see that he has nothing else to loose, "I would rather die than spend another minute on that ship."