Answer:
- A.) The crew's determination to realize their slight chance of reaching land.
- C.) compares the men to mice who must struggle to survive but have their efforts go in vain.
Explanation:
"The Open Boat" is normal for Crane's naturalistic style. Naturalism in writing is a point of view that frequently underscores the material, the physical condition as a determinant in human conduct.
In "The Open Boat," one of the best short stories in the language, Crane depends on tone and symbolism to depict the cold blooded detachment of nature. The popular opening line, “None of them knew the color of the sky,” sets up a quick dreariness, a world drained of the emotional value of color. The sea is described as gray and the only green, suggestive of hope, is that of the land that the men cannot reach.
Answer:
Fourth Option <em>“A perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor.”</em>
Explanation:
Author's main purpose of this excerpt is about difficulties, problems and labor involved with the production of sugar. He also points out that sugar is sweeter than honey. Both these purposes are fulfilled in this quotation i.e. <em>“A perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor.”</em> A perfect taste for sweeter taste of sugar, and the most brutal labor for difficulties and labor put in for the production of sugar.
First, second and third options are not correct because they support only one part of the author's main purpose i.e. either difficulty or taste.
The asnswer would be B. because a semicolon means that two complete sentences are being joined together as one
