Ursula K. Le Guin's question - Why are Americans afraid of Dragons? - was posed as a provocation as her homonymous essay makes it explicit. Read th...

Ursula K. Le Guin's question - Why are Americans afraid of Dragons? - was posed as a provocation as her homonymous essay makes it explicit. Read the extract below, retrieved from Le Guin's famous essay, and then, choose the alternative that best completes the sentence:


there is a reality which is difficult to be apprehended by a child's imagination and the adults guiding them should let only realist novels reach their hands, in order for this reality to properly unfold.
there is a clear connection between a child who is interested in the reality of our own world and an adult who dislikes fantasy novels and, therefore, forbids children to read them.
there is a difference between a childish approach to the fantasy genre and a mature approach to the genre which should be introduced to the discussions regarding what children should or should not read.
there is no difference between a child who reads fantasy and an adult who reads fantasy, being both perfectly aware of the true effects that the fantastic may have upon them.
there is a difference clearer to children than to adults that tell the