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Nonsense laughed rainford. This hot weather is making you soft Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees. Luckily you and I are hunters, do you think we’ve passed the island yet?
I can’t tell in the dark. I hope so.
Why? Asked rainsford
The place has a reputation—a bad one
Cannibals?
Hardly, even cannibalism wont live here. Buts it’s gotten into sailor lore somehow. Didn’t you noticed that the crews nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?
Yes even that tough middle old Swede who’d go up to the devil himself and ask him for light. Those fishy blue eyes held a look I never saw there before. This place has an evil name.
Pure imagination said rainsford, one superstitious sailor can taint the whole ships company with his fear.
Maybe, but sometimes I think sailors have an extra sense that tells them when they’re in danger.
I’m not sleepy said raibsford, I’m going to smoke another pipe up on the deck
Which theme is supported by the passage
Superstitions are always rooted in fiction
Hunters should have respect for the hunted
Fear makes people beg have in strange ways
People will persevere in the face of danger
I can’t tell in the dark. I hope so.
Why? Asked rainsford
The place has a reputation—a bad one
Cannibals?
Hardly, even cannibalism wont live here. Buts it’s gotten into sailor lore somehow. Didn’t you noticed that the crews nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?
Yes even that tough middle old Swede who’d go up to the devil himself and ask him for light. Those fishy blue eyes held a look I never saw there before. This place has an evil name.
Pure imagination said rainsford, one superstitious sailor can taint the whole ships company with his fear.
Maybe, but sometimes I think sailors have an extra sense that tells them when they’re in danger.
I’m not sleepy said raibsford, I’m going to smoke another pipe up on the deck
Which theme is supported by the passage
Superstitions are always rooted in fiction
Hunters should have respect for the hunted
Fear makes people beg have in strange ways
People will persevere in the face of danger
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The theme supported by the passage is **"Fear makes people behave in strange ways."** This is evident in the conversation between Rainsford and Whitney, where Whitney expresses concern about the reputation of the island, and Rainsford dismisses it as superstition. The mention of the crew's jumpy nerves and the old Swede's unusual reaction indicates that fear can influence people's behavior, making them more cautious or anxious in the face of unknown dangers.