Sentences 2, 3, and 4, best elude that Divine Providence was involved in the fate of Plymouth's Colony.
The first sentence is filler information that does not talk about God or Divine Providence at all
The two words Bradbury uses repeatedly in this scene are "The beetle". The repetition adds to the suspense of the scene. Each time "the beetle" is repeated the reader can feel the car getting closer and closer. Because the sentences are very short and similarly structured, they speed up the pace of the scene just like the car is picking up speed.
They would definitely be antonyms
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