High School

Read the following sentences from “Day of the Butterfly.”


“So Myra and Jimmy spent every recess standing in the little back porch between the two sides. Perhaps they watched the baseball games, the tag and skipping and building of leaf houses in the fall and snow forts in the winter; perhaps they did not watch at all. Whenever you happened to look at them their heads were slightly bent, their narrow bodies hunched in, quite still. They had long smooth oval faces, melancholy and discreet - dark, oily shining hair. The little boy's was long, clipped at home, and Myra's was worn in heavy braids coiled on top of her head so that she looked, from a distance, as if she was wearing a turban too big for her. Over their dark eyes, the lids were never fully raised; they had a weary look. But it was more than that. They were like children in a medieval painting, they were like small figures carved of wood, for worship or magic, with faces smooth and aged, and meekly, cryptically uncommunicative.”


What is the author's main purpose for including this description of Myra and her brother?


A.to highlight the narrator’s pity for them



B.to show that the children live in a state of poverty



C.to emphasize the children’s isolation from the others



D.to suggest that Myra and her brother dislike the others

Answer :

In the given sentences from The Day of the Butterfly, the author includes a description of Myra and her brother to emphasize their isolation from others. Hence, the correct answer is option C.

The author's main purpose for including this description of Myra and her brother is to emphasize the children's isolation from the others (option C).

The description highlights their physical appearance, such as their long smooth oval faces, dark eyes with weary look, and their melancholic and discreet demeanor, which sets them apart from their peers. The author compares them to children in a medieval painting or small figures carved of wood, further emphasizing their distinctness from the rest.

By focusing on the characteristics that make Myra and her brother different, the author intends to convey the theme of isolation and the sense of being an outsiders in their social context.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

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