LSAT 109 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q12

RC Question 12 Explanation

DISCUSSION: The author calls the novel “anti-domestic” to disagree with the critics, and to show that Jacobs really did write a revolutionary work, despite its superficial similarity to conventional domestic novels.

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1. Huh? The protagonist is human…why wouldn’t she be upset she was separated from her family? In any case, the passage never mentions this.
2. Not true. The protagonist did want the same things as free women. But she faced many obstacles because she was a slave. 
3. CORRECT. See lines 31-35. It’s hard to apply domestic values to someone who faces the difficulties of being a slave. 
4. Where is this mentioned? It’s hard to see why the protagonist’s life would be any easier if she had given up on love. She would still have been a slave…
5. Similar to D. The passage doesn’t say the protagonist would have been better off if she had given up on love and family (domestic values).