⬛ Texto I (Questões 01 a 04)
“I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered, ‘Why be scared of a hat?’ My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.
Then I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so the grownups could understand. They always need explanations.
The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors, outside or inside, and apply myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. That is why, I abandoned, at the age of six, a magnificent career as an artist.
I had been discouraged by the failure of my Drawing Number One and of my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again.
So then I had to choose another career, and I learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown almost everywhere in the world. And, as a matter of fact, geography has been a big help to me.
I have spent lots of time with grown-ups. I have seen them at close range… which hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.”
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine. The Little Prince. New York: Mariner Books, 1943.
🟨 QUESTÃO 03
The sentence that expresses disappointment is:
a) “I have spent lots of time with grown-ups.”
b) “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves.”
c) “And, as a matter of fact, geography has been a big help to me.”
d) “Then I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so the grown-ups could understand.”
Gabarito: B
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
A questão pede a frase que expressa desapontamento. O narrador demonstra frustração com a incapacidade dos adultos de compreenderem algo por conta própria, o que revela uma avaliação negativa e crítica.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas (com 🚩 pegadinhas)
a) ❌ “I have spent lots of time with grown-ups.”
Incorreta. Trata-se de uma afirmação neutra, apenas descritiva.
🚩 Pegadinha: confundir constatação factual com juízo de valor.
b) ✅ “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves.”
Correta. A frase expressa claramente frustração e desapontamento com os adultos.
✔ O advérbio “never” intensifica o tom crítico e negativo.
c) ❌ “geography has been a big help to me.”
Incorreta. Aqui o tom é positivo e até satisfeito.
🚩 Pegadinha: presença de opinião, mas não de desapontamento.
d) ❌ “so the grown-ups could understand.”
Incorreta. Expressa tentativa de explicação, não frustração explícita.
🚩 Pegadinha: ação pedagógica ≠ sentimento negativo declarado.
⚠️ 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da banca (EPCAR)
• Confundir crítica direta com descrição neutra
• Interpretar ação narrativa como emoção explícita
• Ignorar marcadores de generalização absoluta (“never”)
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Desapontamento = julgamento negativo + frustração
✔ “never understand” revela crítica absoluta
✔ Tom emocionalmente carregado
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: B