The setting of this story supports the purpose by creating an atmosphere of mystery and foreboding. This is shown by the text because it states the setting is a dark, tropical night with a large island called "Ship-Trap Island" that evokes a sense of danger and unease, as sailors harbor a "curious dread" of the place. The meaning/purpose of the text is to establish an ominous tone that foreshadows the darker events to come, highlighting themes of survival and the inherent unpredictability of nature and human encounters.
"Off there to the right-somewhere is a large island," said Whitney. "It's rather a mystery
"What island is it?" Rainsford asked.
"The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island, Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition-"
"Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
"You've good eyes," said Whitney, with a laugh, "and I've seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards, but even you can't see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night."
"Nor four yards," admitted Rainsford. "Ugh! It's like moist black velvet."
"It will be light enough in Rio," promised Whitney. "We should make it in a few days.
The setting of this story supports the purpose by __________. This is shown by the text because it states the setting is______ and the meaning/purpose of the text is ___________.
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