Question

Read the excerpt.

“She came running along the shore, rapid and leaving no trace, like a leaf driven by the wind into the sea. My brother said gloomily, ‘Go and take her; carry her into our boat.’ I lifted her in my arms. … I said, ‘I take you from those people. You came to the cry of my heart, but my arms take you into my boat against the will of the great!’ … ‘Let us be off,’ said my brother. ‘We are cast out and this boat is our country now--and the sea is our refuge.’”

In “The Lagoon” by Joseph Conrad, which is the main plot event in Arsat’s story?



Arsat and his brother build a cabin in a lagoon.


Arsat and his brother run away with Diamelen.


Arsat asks the white man to go fishing with the others.


Arsat asks the Mayan ruler for permission to marry Diamelen.

Answer 1

B) Arsat and his brother run away with Diamelen

Answer 2

Answer: Arsat and his brother run away with Diamelen.

Arsat is a man who is in love with Diamelen. However, in order to be with her, he had to kidnap her. He does so with the help of his brother, and they run away in a boat. However, as the party is escaping, the guards of the Rajah manage to catch up with them. Arsat then abandons his brother in order to save Diamelen.