This is the story…
1 Ira was sitting in the shade because it was over ninety degrees in the sun, which beat down with a fierce vengeance. He wished he was still playing around in the cool, blue water of the pool. He had been splashing in the shallow end until the shrill sound of the lifeguard's whistle cut through the air like a siren.
2 "That's it, Ira and Michael," Francesca had said. "You guys don't get a third warning. Go spend fifteen minutes out of the water. I'll inform vou when I'm ready to see vou in the pool again."
3 "Wow, your sister thinks she's a prison guard instead of a lifeguard," Michael said. "You'd think she'd go easy on her own brother and his best friend," he added.
4 Ira was feeling conflicted. On the one hand, he felt like he should stick up for his sister. After all, Francesca had given him and Michael two warnings. The first time she had been friendly and brief. The second time she had called them over to the side of the pool and lectured them for a full minute. It was only when they resumed their splashing war and accidentally soaked Mr. Murphy, who was reading his newspaper in a beach chair, that Francesca had whistled them out of the pool.
5 Ira was thinking about what to say. He didn't want to offend Michael, who was his best friend, and he himself argued with Francesca all the time, but in his heart he knew that she was doing her job and she had been correct to discipline Michael and him, especially after two warnings.
6 Before Ira spoke up, everyone's attention shifted back to the swimming pool. Kendra, a girl in Ira's class, and her little brother were laughing and shouting. They were having a splashing war much like the one that had gotten Ira and Michael ejected.
7 "Look," Michael was quick to observe, "everyone is splashing each other, so why did Francesca have to pick on you?"
8 Before Michael finished the last syllable of his question, three-make that four -things happened at almost exactly the same time.
First, Kendra sent a big spray of water at her brother. Second, as the water splashed over the pool deck, a young toddler who wasn't paying attention stepped into the puddle, and her feet slipped out from under her.
9 Third and fourth, Francesca's arm shot out like a lasso, encircling the young girl to keep her from falling. Then, with her other hand, Francesca lifted her whistle to her lips to signal Kendra, who was in for a stern lecture.
10 Ira no longer felt the need to say anything in Francesca's defense. Michael suddenly got too interested in tying knots in the drawstring of his swimsuit to bother criticizing Francesca. The little girl's mother came over to thank the lifeguard who never took her eyes off of the swimmers in the water.
Use the passage to answer the question.
In "Lifeguard Rules!," how does the author mostly reveal the character of Ira?
(1 point)
O through his words
O through his actions
O through his thoughts
O through other peoples' views of him
In "Lifeguard Rules!," the author mostly reveals the character of Ira through his thoughts.
In "Lifeguard Rules!," the author mostly reveals the character of Ira through his actions.
To determine how the author mostly reveals the character of Ira in "Lifeguard Rules!", we can analyze the passage. In this case, the author reveals the character of Ira mostly through his thoughts.
In the passage, the author provides insight into Ira's thoughts and inner conflicts. We learn that Ira is feeling conflicted about whether to stick up for his sister, Francesca, or to side with his best friend, Michael. He contemplates the disciplinary actions taken by Francesca and acknowledges that she was doing her job and had been correct in disciplining him and Michael. These thoughts reveal Ira's sense of fairness and his internal struggle between loyalty to his sister and recognizing the rightness of her actions.
Therefore, the correct answer is: through his thoughts.