Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.”
after a while, i knew that my belly was hungry. i could have hunted for my meat, but i did not hunt. it is known that the gods did not hunt as we do—they got their food from enchanted boxes and jars. sometimes these are still found in the dead places—once, when i was a child and foolish, i opened such a jar and tasted it and found the food sweet. but my father found out and punished me for it strictly, for, often, that food is death. now, though, i had long gone past what was forbidden, and i entered the likeliest towers, looking for the food of the gods.
i found it at last in the ruins of a great temple in the mid-city. a mighty temple it must have been, for the roof was painted like the sky at night with its stars—that much i could see, though the colors were faint and dim. it went down into great caves and tunnels—perhaps they kept their slaves there. but when i started to climb down, i heard the squeaking of rats, so i did not go—rats are unclean, and there must have been many tribes of them, from the squeaking. but near there, i found food, in the heart of a ruin, behind a door that still opened. i ate only the fruits from the jars—they had a very sweet taste.
how does the resolution in this passage develop the theme about rules?
a when the narrator decides not to hunt, he recognizes that the rules of the gods were better than the rules of his people.
b when the narrator enters the temple, he recognizes that he no longer fears the gods, regardless of what the rules of his people say.
c when the narrator avoids the rats, he realizes that he is going against the teachings of his people, but also doing what is necessary for his survival.
d when the narrator decides to ignore his father’s words and eat the food of the gods, he realizes that he is learning to make his own choices.