Question

Read these lines from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens:

All this time, I was getting on towards the river; but however fast I went, I couldn't warm my feet, to which the damp cold seemed riveted, as the iron was riveted to the leg of the man I was running to meet.

What does the phrase "damp cold seemed riveted" suggest about how the narrator feels? (4 points)

Select one:
a. He cannot escape the feeling of icy dread.
b. He considers his responsibility with a cold seriousness.
c. He feels a cold prisoner in his current life.
d. He sees his tasks as if it were his chilling doom.

Answer 1

The phrase "damp cold seemed riveted" suggests about the narrator's feeling that:

a. He cannot escape the feeling of icy dread.

Step-by-step explanation:

In chapter three of the novel "Great Expectation," the opening scene focuses on the inner thoughts of the narrator. Pip assumes that everything present in nature is declaring him to be a thief. The looks of the ox make him feel that even he is giving his disapproval at Pip.