read the excerpt.
“she came running along the shore, rapid and leaving no trace, like a leaf driven by the wind into the sea. my brother said gloomily, ‘go and take her; carry her into our boat.’ i lifted her in my arms. … i said, ‘i take you from those people. you came to the cry of my heart, but my arms take you into my boat against the will of the great! ’ … ‘let us be off,’ said my brother. ‘we are cast out and this boat is our country now--and the sea is our refuge.’”
in “the lagoon” by joseph conrad, which is the main plot event in arsat’s story?
arsat and his brother build a cabin in a lagoon.
arsat and his brother run away with diamelen.
arsat asks the white man to go fishing with the others.
arsat asks the mayan ruler for permission to marry diamelen.