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)

Which of the following is a correct interpretation?

The correct option is: In touching the object, the child creates dynamic forms of life

Step-by-step Explanation:

1. Analyze the passage:
The passage by Roland Barthes contrasts two kinds of toys and the child's relationship with them. First, the author discusses typical, "faithful and complicated objects" that make the child a mere "owner" or "user." In this scenario, the child does not invent or create; instead, adult causality is supplied ready-made.
Second, the author discusses simpler toys like a "merest set of blocks." With these, the child's actions are described not as those of a user, but as those of a "demiurge" (a creator or deity). The passage explicitly states: "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."

2. Evaluate the correct option:
The statement "In touching the object, the child creates dynamic forms of life" directly reflects the latter part of the passage where the child is engaged with simpler, open-ended toys (like blocks). By interacting with and manipulating ("touching") these objects, the child is not just owning inert matter, but is actively creating "forms which walk, which roll" and creating "life." This represents a dynamic process where the objects begin to "act by themselves" through the child's creative agency.