Question

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which four parts of this excerpt from stephen cranes \the open boat\ describe the narrators opinion of the sea as a hostile entity?
a singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats. in a ten-foot dinghy one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience, which is never at sea in a dinghy. as each slaty wall of water approached, it shut all else from the view of the men in the boat, and it was not difficult to imagine that this particular wave was the final outburst of the ocean, the last effort of the grim water.
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Explanation:

These four sections of the passage frame the sea as an active, hostile force: it presents unending threats, acts with anxious intent to swamp boats, overwhelms the men's view, and is characterized as grim and violent.

Answer:

1. after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important
2. just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats
3. As each slaty wall of water approached, it shut all else from the view of the men in the boat
4. the last effort of the grim water