Which of these sentences from jack london's "the human drift" is an example of naturalist writing? a. there have been drifts from east to west and west to east, from north to south and back again, drifts that have criss-crossed one another, and drifts colliding and recoiling and caroming off in new directions. b. man early discovered death. as soon as his evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw. c. in the misty younger world we catch glimpses of phantom races, rising, slaying, finding food, building rude civilisations, decaying, falling under the swords of stronger hands, and passing utterly away. d. perhaps most amazing has been the south sea drift. blind, fortuitous, precarious as no other drift has been, nevertheless the islands in that waste of ocean have received drift after drift of the races.

I would also contend that the right answer is the C) "In the misty younger world we catch glimpses of phantom races, rising, slaying, finding food, building rude civilisations, decaying, falling under the swords of stronger hands, and passing utterly away."

Explanation: Naturalism, as a literary genre, is characterized by a very extreme form of realism, which often stresses the difficulties that humans face in order to survive in an often hostile environment. Determinism is a common and key theme in naturalistic works: individuals attempt to control their fate, but the universe is indifferent to their will and impose its own conditions. In this excerpt, the author is contending that humans have constantly struggled to survive. Some have been stronger than others, but those that have not excelled have fought to no avail and have passed away unnoticed. Naturalistic works tend to be pessimistic and violent, as this excerpt illustrates.

  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

  i hope the answer is correct and you. regards