Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult class: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand. Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)

The world of objects makes the child

The correct options are Actant and Creator.

Step-by-step Explanation:

1. Analyzing the Passage:
The excerpt from Roland Barthes’ essay "Toys" describes two different relationships a child can have with toys. The first is a relationship with "this world of faithful and complicated objects," where the child is merely a "user" or "owner" and is "never allowed to discover anything from start to finish."

2. The Shift to Creation:
However, Barthes contrasts this with simpler objects, such as a "set of blocks." When playing with blocks, the child is no longer just a passive consumer. Instead, the child's actions become "those of a demiurge" (a creator). The text explicitly states: "He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life, not property..." This directly justifies the choice of Creator, as the child actively constructs and invents new forms rather than just using pre-fabricated adult realities.

3. The Child as an Actant:
Additionally, the passage mentions that through this creative play, "objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material." In literary and semiotic theory, an "actant" is an entity that active participates in or drives the action of a narrative or system. By breathing life into these blocks and making them "act by themselves," the child ceases to be a passive observer and becomes an active agent or Actant in the creation of their own play-world.