Discussion
Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option to answer the question given below-
Simmy tried to resist the temptation of the neatly arranged cookie boxes in the shop display as she peered through the trees at it. Nevertheless, her mouth began to water. She struggled with the moral conflict between survival and ethics as she considered the dangerous option of rushing in to grab a box due to her severe hunger. She sought to defend herself by seeking some divine intervention and by suggesting to herself the difficulties that many people go through in tough situations. In the end, she found herself divided between giving in to the demand of hunger or standing by her morals, displaying her inner courage in the face of adversity.
The passage describes-
Answer: C
The passage describes allurement leading to Simmy's dilemma about stealing.
The cookies tempt her (allurement), and the whole passage is about her inner struggle 'between survival and ethics', ending with her 'divided between giving in to the demand of hunger or standing by her morals'. That is a dilemma about whether to steal.
She never actually steals, so the passage is not about 'negative behaviour' or 'bravery in resorting to theft'. Divine intervention is something she seeks for herself; the passage says nothing about any divine quality of the biscuits.
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