Question

How does the author reveal the setting of the story in this passage?

by mentioning a skin infection

by referring to "strips of parchment"

by referring to "feverish agony"

by mentioning water and sand

Answer 1

The Swimmers
by F. Scott Fitzgerald (excerpt)

He floundered in the water. It went into his nose and started a raw stinging; it blinded him; it lingered afterward in his ears, rattling back and forth like pebbles for hours. The sun discovered him, too, peeling long strips of parchment from his shoulders, blistering his back so that he lay in a feverish agony for several nights. After a week he swam, painfully, pantingly, and not very far. The girl taught him a sort of crawl, for he saw that the breast stroke was an obsolete device that lingered on with the inept and the old. Choupette caught him regarding his tanned face in the mirror with a sort of fascination, and the youngest boy contracted some sort of mild skin infection in the sand that retired him from competition. But one day Henry battled his way desperately to the float and drew himself up on it with his last breath.

Answer 2

i feel like its c.

Answer 3

but i need someone opinion to make sure.

Answer 4

Actually, I believe it is D. By mentioning water and sand, the setting is at a beach somewhere, possibly a lake, or ocean

Answer 5

i go with c

Answer 6

@lea

Answer 7

@leahhhmorgannn

Answer 8

I'd go with D too. Mentioning a FEELING such as agony does not tell you the SETTING.
D tells you the place this is taking place, the characteristics of what it looks like.
I can assure you that picking C will give you a wrong answer.

Answer 9

Thank you for verifying that, @leahhhmorgannn

Answer 10

Always.

Answer 11

oh hehe messed up