Question

CHAPTER II—THE SHE-WOLF, an excerpt

From White Fang
By Jack London

Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness. At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back. Conversation ceased. Daylight came at nine o'clock. At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world. But the rose-colour swiftly faded. The grey light of day that remained lasted until three o'clock, when it, too, faded, and the pall of the Arctic night descended upon the lone and silent land.

As darkness came on, the hunting-cries to right and left and rear drew closer—so close that more than once they sent surges of fear through the toiling dogs, throwing them into short-lived panics.

At the conclusion of one such panic, when he and Henry had got the dogs back in the traces, Bill said:

"I wisht they'd strike game somewheres, an' go away an' leave us alone."

"They do get on the nerves horrible," Henry sympathized.

They spoke no more until camp was made.

Read this line from the story:

As darkness came on, the hunting-cries to right and left and rear drew closer, ...


What is the purpose of this sentence in the story?
It implies a mood of utter despair.
It implies a near tragic event.
It creates a feeling of being trapped.
It creates a sense of action.

Answer 1

First, it creates a feeling of something bad so D is incorrect. darkness implies despair or something bad, but the next phrase, "the hunting-cries to right and left and rear drew closer" give a feeling of being trapped. Since nothing bad does happen, B is also incorrect. And, the characters arent in despair. they aren't curling up into balls and wailing but they are on edge and fearful. They haven't given up hope yet. so that leaves the answer to be C. It creates a feeling of being trapped. Think about it, if some unknown figure of darkness was surrounding you and you couldn't see or fight it, how you you feel? I might be wrong, but that is what I think. Hope it helps!

Answer 2

It can implie a mood of utter despair

but its not fully is it

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