Since i have yet to use any vocab words yet, lets get some in here. ^That was an exclamatory sentence, that is, it expressed strong feeling. While you may say that it is a declarative sentence (a sentence that makes a statement or declaration) because there was not exclamation point, you are wrong. you cant just casually tell someone that you are going to eat them. it envokes feeling.
"Finally," he thundered, "if we run out of food and anyone has to be eaten, you will be first. Do you understand?"
Anyways, back to the story and for the purpose of this post, more shackleton. Shackleton was kind of a big deal on the ship. He was the Chuck Norris (allusion- a reference to something literany, mythological, or historical that the author assume the reader will know) of his time. To loosely quote the book, it was said that if you were in a bad position on a ship you wanted Shackleton. Had a man that powerful and respected said that to me, i may have actually diedfrom a heart attack.
I definitely agree that telling someone that he might be eaten understandably would evoke some feeling. Shackleton may not have been exclaiming it, but it was assuredly threatening. Shackleton's personality allows him to be a strong and disciplined leader without showing too much emotion himself.
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