Question

Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

(05.01 MC)

Read "Out, Out" by Robert Frost. Then, answer the question that follows.

The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could count
Five mountain ranges one behind the other
Under the sunset far into Vermont.
And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled,
As it ran light, or had to bear a load.
And nothing happened: day was all but done.
Call it a day, I wish they might have said
To please the boy by giving him the half hour
That a boy counts so much when saved from work.
His sister stood beside him in her apron
To tell them "Supper." At the word, the saw,
As if to prove saws knew what supper meant,
Leaped out at the boy's hand, or seemed to leap—
He must have given the hand. However it was,
Neither refused the meeting. But the hand!
The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh,
As he swung toward them holding up the hand
Half in appeal, but half as if to keep
The life from spilling. Then the boy saw all—
Since he was old enough to know, big boy
Doing a man's work, though a child at heart—
He saw all spoiled. "Don't let him cut my hand off—
The doctor, when he comes. Don't let him, sister!"
So. But the hand was gone already.
The doctor put him in the dark of ether.
He lay and puffed his lips out with his breath.
And then—the watcher at his pulse took fright.
No one believed. They listened at his heart.
Little—less—nothing!—and that ended it.
No more to build on there. And they, since they
Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.

Which type of conflict is most strongly supported by the details in this narrative poem?

Character vs. character because the boy confronts the doctor about amputating his hand
Character vs. self because the boy loses his innocence and comes to the realization that he is going to die
Character vs. society because no one offers to help him when he is injured by the saw
Character vs. technology because the boy is unaware of how to use the stove

Answer 1

Character vs. society because no one offers to help him when he is injured by the saw

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Answer 2

The conflict in Robert Frost's "Out, Out" is 'Character vs. technology', represented by the boy's tragic struggle with the buzz saw.

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of conflict most strongly supported by the details in the narrative poem "Out, Out" by Robert Frost is Character vs. technology. The poem describes the tragic story of a boy who is injured by a buzz saw, resulting in the loss of his hand and ultimately his life. This situation illustrates a conflict between the boy, as he performs his work, and the technology of the saw that causes his injury. Despite the presence of other people in the poem, the central struggle revolves around the boy's interaction with the saw, a piece of technology, and its dire consequences.