Joby realized that in spite of his fears he must be the drummer boy. At the end of the story, “Joby swallowed, wiped his eyes and cleared his throat, he settled himself.
1. (Suspense) Do you remember the circling shark around the boat. The men thought that they were down for, but instead the shark went its way and the men were fine.
2. (Humor) The men were approaching shore where the lighthouse was located when they saw a man waving from shore at them. The 4 men in the boat thought that these people were going to rescue them. Instead they were tourist staying at a beach resort. They thought that they were waving at fishermen not lost men in need of help.
using the image of darkness to imply that something bad will happen
The sentence would be a compound sentence, I believe.