To create excitement and suspense
Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
You need to take the main parts out of the excerpt to figure out what the excerpt is trying to teach you as the reader. After you determine that you must figure out what the main idea is and the topic of the excerpt.
Hope this helps.
Answer:
wants to see who is there
Explanation:
It explores nature and captures the essence of a moment.
