Question

What can you infer about the narrator, a horse named Black Beauty, in this excerpt from Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty?

I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I missed it must not be thought I was discontented; all who had to do with me were good and I had a light airy stable and the best of food. What more could I want? Why, liberty! For three years and a half of my life I had had all the liberty I could wish for; but now, week after week, month after month, and no doubt year after year, I must stand up in a stable night and day except when I am wanted, and then I must be just as steady and quiet as any old horse who has worked twenty years. Straps here and straps there, a bit in my mouth, and blinkers over my eyes.

A.Black Beauty desires to live a life of freedom.
B.Black Beauty cannot cope with her workload.
C.Black Beauty hates her new surroundings.
D.Black Beauty likes resting in her stable all day.
E.Black Beauty wants to live a more meaningful life.

Answer 1

Black Beauty is wanting to live a life of freedom.

You can infer this because she wan't liberty, Liberty to us is that of having freedom, therefore, it is the same for another sentient creature.

Answer 2

A.Black Beauty desires to live a life of freedom.

Step-by-step explanation:

Black Beauty used to have a life of freedom, afterward, she had to get a routinary work where she does the same over and over again and as well she must remain with her head down and quiet, so now she feels like she has worked for 20 years already. The correct answer is option A because based on how she expresses about her job, it can be assumed that she misses her freedom and desires to get it back.