In Chapter 10, the author's comment that it was much easier to be sad all the time than to go back and forth between emotions" tells the reader that
there is never anything to be happy about.
he has finally gotten over his anger.
Ishmael is afraid of being disappointed.
O he isn't thinking clearly anymore.

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.