Which of the following statements from "to build a fire"develops the theme of chaos?

a. the yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of ice.

b. and all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels.

c. then the man drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable and satisfying sleep he had ever known.

d. he ran blindly, without intention, in fear such as he had never known in his life.

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. my silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the ac’s vents dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. the coach, in a slight accent neither british nor australian, is telling c. t. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. in this excerpt, the narrator is providing a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.