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He tries to save himself-- he boards a boat with all of the town's gold to try and escape.
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Answer: Since these sentences have a passive tone instead of exclamatory (an example), it keeps the reader calm rather than on their toes and anxious to see what happens next. Hope this helps!
It allows readers their own vantage point, their own seat high above the chaos and cruelty of the novel. the characters fall further and further into madness, but you never do. You get to see the boys for what they truly are: scared little kids left without adult supervision for far too long..