... its movements on the waves are "like an animal- (728) as the boat "seemed like a horse making at a fence outrageously high- (728). The wild life the men encounter in the tale like the shark and the sea gulls are representative here of the balance in the natural world because the birds of course have no problem with the raging waters, neither ... when they give up the fight, allow the boat to be swamped and abandon ship are all turning points. The sea in all its fury plays a central role in this tale because it is all about man's fight with the sea. By all odds, perhaps these men should ...

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