LSAT 159 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q6

RC Question 6 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The passage most strongly suggests that Ormes would agree …

DISCUSSION: This is where it’s important to keep a distinction between the author’s voice and the cartoonist’s (Ormes). While the author celebrates Ormes’ work, you can’t attribute the author’s views to Ormes without justification.

Keep track of the places where the author describes Ormes’ intentions or purpose. For example, at the very end of the passage, it says that Ormes used social commentary to offer real-life lessons for her audience.

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1. The passage notes some fairy tale elements but never claims Torchy represents the complexity of fairy tale heroines.
2. Although segregation appears, there’s nothing to suggest that Torchy’s options are limited. After all, she achieved immediate success in New York.
3. CORRECT. The end of the passage describes how Torchy faces real dangers requiring courage and how Ormes used these situations to provide lessons for readers.
4. Torchy achieves success immediately, so there’s no struggle for recognition.
5. There’s fantastical elements, but no claim that their importance lies in that improbability.