TEXT A O’Neill was one of the
most famous advocates of a way of writing called "naturalism." This involved
both a technique and a way of viewing life. Essentially, the literary concept of
naturalism grew out of the concept of realism during the nineteenth century. The
realist had wanted to "hold up a mirror to life" and render a very accurate
picture of life. The naturalist wanted to go a step further and examine life as
would a scientist. Thus the technique of the naturalist involves viewing life
with scientific objectivity. For the naturalist, man is
controlled by basic urges and can do very little to determine his own destiny.
Forces of environment and biological instinct combine to control man’s life.
These basic and elemental urges place man in a position similar to that of
animals. But O’Neill also accepted the psychological urges as a part of man’s
basic driving force. In his plays, O’Neill shows characters
being driven by forces which they cannot understand or conquer. A man born in
one type of environment is influenced accordingly, to a point where his basic
actions in life are governed by these environmental forces. Carried to an
extreme, this view leads to determinism, that is, the idea that man can do
nothing for himself and is constantly at the mercy of forces outside himself. A
typical image used by the naturalist is that of a person being trapped or being
in a cage. In his earlier works, O’Neill often used the physical image of the
cage (as in The Hairy Ape) to suggest the position of man caught or trapped in
an alien and hostile universe. Which one of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage
A.Naturalism came into being before the nineteenth century. B.Naturalism develops on the basis of realism. C.According to the naturalists, man can do very little to change his own fate. D.Psychological urges are a part of man’s driving force.