During the early America, the literature of American Romanticism was more adventurous, improbable and realistic. Compared to the Medieval period, the literature of American Romanticism during the Colonial period was more of imagination and intuition, spontaneous and has a revolutionary energy.
If there are 260 total passengers and four railcars it would be 260 divided by 4 because for it to be passengers per railcar you are trying to find the number of people for ONE railcar.
the setting is the forest at night. the forest is dangerous , the two characters get lost, they get immobilized and in the end probally killed. the theme is man's wish to rule over nature and possess nature. in the end it turns out that it is nature who rules and man is only a speck in it.