Question

read the excerpt from lizzie bright and the buckminster boy. he had seen the island from the far ledges, standing with his father and sheriff elwell and deacon hurd and everyone else important in the town. a stony bench, a stony ledge or two, some pines—a few toppled over with their heads in the water, a few tilted, most of them still straight. there had seemed nothing on the island that would set anyone but a gull to wishing that he could live there. but coming on it now, from the water, with lizzie stroking and angling her way to the point, turner felt as if he was on the brink of a discovery. . . . turner felt the world moving slowly and anciently beneath him, and he began to sway back and forth with the waves, with the trees, with the rolling globe itself. this excerpt highlights the conflict between the phippsburg townspeople, who do not think much of malaga island, and turner, who comes to love the island. turner’s father, the sheriff, and the deacon, who all have opposing views of malaga island. the townspeople who live on the side of phippsburg facing malaga island and the townspeople who live on the other side of the town. turner, who lives in the town of phippsburg, and lizzie bright, who lives with her grandfather on malaga island.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• First option: The excerpt shows Turner likes the island, but the Phippsburg townspeople's view isn't directly contrasted with Turner here.
• Second option: The excerpt doesn't show opposing views among Turner's father, sheriff, and deacon.
• Third option: There's no mention of a conflict between townspeople on different sides of Phippsburg.
• Fourth option: Turner (from Phippsburg) and Lizzie (from Malaga Island) represent different groups, and the story's conflict is between the townspeople (who want to displace Malaga Islanders) and those like Turner and Lizzie who value the island. This option aligns with the conflict context.

Answer:

D. Turner, who lives in the town of Phippsburg, and Lizzie Bright, who lives with her grandfather on Malaga Island.