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Author’s purpose. The author’s purpose for including this part is to show that the island’s mysteries have an explanation. ““There can only be one explanation to all of these events,” said Cyrus Harding. “There must be some supernatural being that is doing all of this”” (822).

Author's purpose. The purpose of this part is to show how desperate but hopeful the colonists are. In this part, the colonists catch an albatross. They write a message for rescue, put it in a waterproof bag, and tied it to the neck of the bird. "Even though they doubted any results, they still hoped" (773).

The theme of this part is hope. The colonists spot a ship at sea. Before, they had lost all hope, but now they had regained hope. ""Maybe there is a chance" said Pencroft" (735).

The author may have included this part to intrigue the reader even further and to add even more mystery. In this part, the colonists meet a human. But, he is savage after many years of isolation. "They could tell that he partly understood them, but at any attempt to make contact, he backed away like an animal" (682).

The purpose of this part is to show the mystery of Lincoln Island, and that there are other beings on the island. In this part, the colonist's living space was invaded by orangutans. "There were more than a dozen of them. They climbed up the ladder and threw it down, as a result, the colonists could not enter their former home" (532).

The theme of this part is innovation. The colonists use limited supplies to create things. "When the high temperature of the oven had reduced it to a liquid, or rather a pasty taste; Harding molded it into a suitable form. (475).

The theme of this part is loneliness. The "colonists" are becoming lonely and losing hope of rescue. "Three months went by, and they have not seen one ship. They began to lose hope” (420).

Author’s craft. The author, Jules Verne, uses repetition of events to create intrigue. Many of the events seem to repeat. For example, when Cirrus Harding survived after almost drowning as a result of falling out of the hot- air balloon and survived, is similar to the near-drowning of Top, the dog.

Authors craft.The author uses dialogue to help the reader understand the story better.With dialogue, Verne can show the situation that the colonists are in. ““These things are incredible.Your rescue, the case stranded on the sand, Top’s adventure, and lastly the bottle.Shall we ever have the answers to these enigmas?””(337).This shows that Verne uses dialogue between characters to show that the character’s dilemmas.

The main idea of this part is finding a castaway by the name of Tom Ayrton. Tom Ayrton is a castaway who used to be a pirate but became savage. But the colonists were able to coax him and he became civilized. “’Thank you for saving me’, said he” (287).