Read the following excerpt and answer the question that follows.

the air raids are getting worse. they come over day and night. the noise is terrifying. pim says it should be music to our ears. the more planes, the sooner will come the end of the war. mrs. van daan pretends to be a fatalist. what will be, will be.
the word fatalist in this passage refers to someone who believes that

events will always be fatal, or deadly.
events can be changed, no matter the circumstance.
events are decided in advance by powers beyond one's control.
events are sometimes able to be changed if you act quickly enough.

Events are decided in advance by powers beyond one's control.

Explanation:

A fatalist is one who believes in fate (happening of events outside a person's control, predetermined by supernatural forces). This definition is also evident from the sentence which he himself says in explanation of fatalist i.e "What will be, will be", meaning what is bound to happen, will happen.

Option A is incorrect because fatalist is derived from fate, not fatal (deadly)

Options B and D are incorrect because they are opposite of what "fate/fatalist" mean.

the answer is most likely c. it shows us that the rules that the pigs make can change on a whim whenever it suits the pigs purpose.

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in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.