Item — sat-dog

Medium Reading and Writing · Craft and Structure · None · MCQ

In the following excerpt from the novel *The Rover* by Joseph Conrad, the narrator, a sailor, is reminiscing about his youth and a time when he was a young apprentice: "There was a time when, as a lad, I too, felt a kind of kinship with the great sea-birds that were my companions and shared my daily life—a certain instinctive sympathy with their wild, free motion. "The author uses the words "companions" and "shared" to emphasize a particular relationship between the narrator and the seabirds. What is the most likely reason why the author uses this word choice?

In the excerpt above, the author likely uses the words "companions" and "shared" to

A
convey a sense of wonder and awe at the beauty of nature.
B
suggest that the narrator and the seabirds have a special bond.
C
emphasize the narrator’s youthful innocence and naiveté.
D
illustrate the narrator’s growing awareness of the natural world.

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