Question

Select the correct answer.

Which of these sentences from Jack London's "The Human Drift" is an example of naturalist writing?

A.
There have been drifts from east to west and west to east, from north to south and back again, drifts that have criss-crossed one another, and drifts colliding and recoiling and caroming off in new directions.
B.
Man early discovered death. As soon as his evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw.
C.
In the misty younger world we catch glimpses of phantom races, rising, slaying, finding food, building rude civilisations, decaying, falling under the swords of stronger hands, and passing utterly away.
D.
Perhaps most amazing has been the South Sea Drift. Blind, fortuitous, precarious as no other drift has been, nevertheless the islands in that waste of ocean have received drift after drift of the races.

Answer 1

B

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Answer 2

The correct answer is option B. "Man early discovered death. As soon as his evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw".

Step-by-step explanation:

Besides of being a famous novelist, Jack London was a journalist and a social activist that believed in the power of nature and, as a result, he used a naturalist way of writing. Naturalist writing makes allusion that men is governed by an uncaring fate or an indifferent environment. In the excerpt of Jack London's "The Human Drift": "Man early discovered death. As soon as his evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw", is an example of naturalist writing. It could be recognized since it deals with death as an uncaring fate for humanity and humanity himself looking for better ways of killing makes it worse.