Pretty sure it’s hyperbole
The wounded man mentioned in paragraph 42 embodies the risk the author is continously attempting to portray.
Cranes uses vivid and realistic imagery in order for the reader to sense the danger the characters are facing. The wounded man is meant to portray the anxiety the situation is causing the characters.
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The answer is...in the desert
<span>The sentence is built around the simple subject “dad” and simple predicate “gave.” It also contains both a direct object “lunches” and indirect object “us.”</span>