Question

Read the excerpt and then answer the question that follows. "I offered to lie down that he might the more conveniently reach my ear, but he chose rather to let me hold him in my hand during our conversation. What is the BEST explanation for this description? A)The narrator is a giant compared to his very small guest. B)The narrator is pretending to defer to the guest's weaker political power. C)The narrator is feeling ill but makes time to listen to his guest. D)The narrator respects the guest's significant political stature.

Answer 1

A)The narrator is a giant compared to his very small guest.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the excerpt from Johnathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". It is a political satire, revolving around Gulliver who travels into remote, fictional lands.

This is the excerpt from the first part of the book, where he finds himself on the island of Lilliput, inhabited by a race that is only few inches tall.

This is the explanation for the strange situation described in this excerpt where the narrator holds his guest in the hand during conversation.