The characters name means fortunate, but the events. in the story show that he isn't fortunate, because he gets sealed behind a concrete wall, so sadly he isn't fortunate even though that's what his name means.
The correct answer to this question is "Noon." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. Print.
Mitch is writing a research paper on the motifs and symbols in the Lord of the Flies by William Golding. He used a dictionary entry as a resource. The correct way to cite a dictionary entry according to MLA style is <span><em>"Noon." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. Print.</em></span>
The best answer would be the second option B).
This part of the excerpt seems to be correct as it reveals that the diet alone is responsible for his ninth birthday: "It had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birth-day at all."