Question

CHAPTER II—THE SHE-WOLF, an excerpt

From White Fang
By Jack London

Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness. At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back. Conversation ceased. Daylight came at nine o'clock. At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world. But the rose-colour swiftly faded. The grey light of day that remained lasted until three o'clock, when it, too, faded, and the pall of the Arctic night descended upon the lone and silent land.

As darkness came on, the hunting-cries to right and left and rear drew closer—so close that more than once they sent surges of fear through the toiling dogs, throwing them into short-lived panics.

At the conclusion of one such panic, when he and Henry had got the dogs back in the traces, Bill said:

"I wisht they'd strike game somewheres, an' go away an' leave us alone."

"They do get on the nerves horrible," Henry sympathized.

They spoke no more until camp was made.


Which is the main antagonist in this section of the text?
The source of the hunting-cries
The sled dogs in their traces
The two men at odds with each other
The wishful thinking of the men

Answer 1

Answer:A. The source of the hunting-cries

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Answer 2

The correct answer is A. The source of the hunting-cries

Step-by-step explanation:

In a story, the antagonist is the person, animal, creature or force that is opposite to the main characters and stops them from achieving a certain goal or just represents a conflict. In the case of the excerpt presented, Bill and Henry represent the main characters and in this case the opposing force or antagonist is "the source of the hunting-cries" because the main characters are trying to escape from this and this seems to represent an evil creature or force that creates conflict and they want to avoid as expressed in "I wisht they'd strike game somewheres, an' go away an' leave us alone".