Which textual evidence from “the interlopers” supports the conclusion that hatred feeds on itself? 1. "the descending twig had slashed the skin of his face, and he had to wink away some drops of blood from his eyelashes before he could take in a general view of the disaster." 2. "but the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman's calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; ulrich von gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy." 3. "the feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other…" 4. "'i never thought to have wanted to do other than hate you all my life, but i think i have changed my mind about things too, this last half-hour.'"

The textual evidence from “The Interlopers” that supports the conclusion that hatred feeds on itself is "The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other…"

Explanation:

The conclusion that hatred feed in itself has supporting details in this excerpt since it has several keywords that show how the characters hate grows trough itself, for example, "The feud might, perhaps, have died down" says that there was a chance to stop it, only if the two men had stopped hating each other, but they didn't do it so it kept on growing, and at the end the line "as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other" is another supporting detail where we see that hate attracts more hate.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun

let us march on till victory is won.",

because the rising sun is a symbol of hope.