Question

read the passage from treasure island. in this excerpt, jim hawkins, alone on the island and separated from his friends, describes the tense atmosphere among the pirates. oaths flew like hailstones, and every now and then there came forth such an explosion as i thought was sure to end in blows. but each time the quarrel passed off and the voices grumbled lower for a while, until the next crisis came and in its turn passed away without result. on shore, i could see the glow of the great camp - fire burning warmly through the shore - side trees. someone was singing, a dull, old, droning sailors song, with a droop and a quaver at the end of every verse, and seemingly no end to it at all but the patience of the singer. i had heard it on the voyage more than once and remembered these words: but one man of her crew alive, what put to sea with seventy - five. and i thought it was a ditty rather too doleful appropriate for a company that had met such cruel losses in the morning. but, indeed, from what i saw, all these buccaneers were as callous as the sea they sailed on. from robert louis stevenson, treasure island. how does the author structure the passage to show the reader the personalities of the pirates? by creating a contrast between the pirates forceful arguments and the dejected singers song by emphasizing the repetition of the songs verses to suggest the pirates unity by including sentences that incorporate imagery of the fire and song to highlight the pirates weariness and grief by alternating between perspectives of the narrator and the pirates to reveal their conflicting emotions

Explanation:

The passage contrasts pirates' forceful quarrels with the dejected singer's song to show personalities.

Answer:

by creating a contrast between the pirates' forceful arguments and the dejected singer's song