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You’ve noticed, haven’t you?”
Jack put down his spear and squatted.
“Noticed what?”
“Well. They’re frightened.”
He rolled over and peered into Jack’s fierce, dirty face.
“I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear ‘em. Have you been awake at night?” Jack shook his head.
“They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others. As if –”
“As if it wasn’t a good island.”
Astonished at the interruption, they looked up at Simon’s serious face.
“As if,” said Simon, “the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. Remember?”
[…]
“If you’re hunting sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if –” [Jack] flushed suddenly.
“There’s nothing in it of course. Just a feeling, but – being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle.” (3.58-82)
This excerpt reveals . . .
A. Like the others, Ralph is worried that the beast may harm Jack.
B. Like so many negative emotions on the island, fear spreads quickly, from the littluns to the older boys.
C. The boys are concerned about their leadership abilities.
D. Although beautiful, the island is an evil place to be feared, and the boys are beginning to realize this.
What is "Like so many negative emotions on the island, fear spreads quickly, from the littluns to the older boys."