1. “…trying to peer through the dark tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht… The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm water of the Caribbean Sea closed of his head…” (page: 19) I think that this is significant because these couple of sentences tell the reader how it was a dark night and how the warm water went over his head. I think that is significant because I thought that I could feel Rainsfords fear and anger all at the same time. How he was under the water and couldn’t breath.

2. “the ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely. Then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back. But the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. With a violent effort, he tore loose… death swamp and its quicksand. ” I think that this is significant because I think that is shows how Rainsfords was is dangerous but he stayed calm and tried to work through his problem. Rainsford was strong and smart because he pulled his foot out and set a trap in only so much time .