"The Baskets with the dying men in them were almost directly above my head. One was calling over and over again for water, one moaned wordlessly, and one was repeating the name of the secret god in a rapid monotone that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The fourth was completely silent. The smell of blood, piss, and shit was terrible. I tried to close my nostrils to it, and my ears to the sounds. I looked at my hands in the moonlight (Hearn 170.)
The passage helps the reader to get a sense of the sights smells and sounds of the area. Hearn is trying to emphasize how horrible the condition of these men are by using many different putrid smells. This is clearly a very bad place for the character to be, but you feel like you're right in the action.
How did these people end up dying in baskets?
Why has the Takeo decided to end their suffering?
What will the other characters think of his actions?
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you are essentially paraphrasing and explaining just the passage. I can get what the passage is saying. you need to put it into context. what does the setting have to do with the story?
period goes outside the parenthesis.
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