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Select the correct text in the passage. In "The Open Boat,Stephen Crane shows that man projects his own fears on nature, while nature remains indifferent. Which two parts of the excerpt reflect this theme? Canton flannel gulls flew near and far. Sometimes they sat down on the sea, near patches of brown seaweed that rolled on the waves with a movement like carpets on a line in a gale.The birds sat comfortably in groups, and they were envied by some in the dingey, for the wrath of the sea was no more to them than it was to a covey of prairie chickens a thousand miles inland. Often they came very close and stared at the men with black bead-like eyes. At these times they were uncanny and sinister in their unblinking scrutiny, and the men hooted angrily at them, telling them to be gone. One came, and evidently decided to alight on the top of the captain's head. The bird flew parallel to the boat and did not circle, but made short sidelong jumps in the air in chicken-fashion. His black eyes were wistfully fixed upon the captain's head."Ugly brute," said the oiler to the bird."You look as if you were made with a jack-knife." The cook and the correspondent swore darkly at the creature The captain naturally wished to knock it away with the end of the heavy painter; but he did not dare do it,because anything resembling an emphatic gesture would have capsized this freighted boat,and so with his open hand, the captain gently and carefully waved the gull away. After it had been discouraged from the pursuit the captain breathed easier on account of his hair, and others breathed easier because the bird struck their minds at this time as being somehow grewsome and ominous.

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Select the correct text in the passage. In "The Open Boat,Stephen Crane shows that man projects his own fears on nature, while nature remains indifferent. Which two parts of the excerpt reflect this theme? Canton flannel gulls flew near and far. Sometimes they sat down on the sea, near patches of brown seaweed that rolled on the waves with a movement like carpets on a line in a gale.The birds sat comfortably in groups, and they were envied by some in the dingey, for the wrath of the sea was no more to them than it was to a covey of prairie chickens a thousand miles inland. Often they came very close and stared at the men with black bead-like eyes. At these times they were uncanny and sinister in their unblinking scrutiny, and the men hooted angrily at them, telling them to be gone. One came, and evidently decided to alight on the top of the captain's head. The bird flew parallel to the boat and did not circle, but made short sidelong jumps in the air in chicken-fashion. His black eyes were wistfully fixed upon the captain's head."Ugly brute," said the oiler to the bird."You look as if you were made with a jack-knife." The cook and the correspondent swore darkly at the creature The captain naturally wished to knock it away with the end of the heavy painter; but he did not dare do it,because anything resembling an emphatic gesture would have capsized this freighted boat,and so with his open hand, the captain gently and carefully waved the gull away. After it had been discouraged from the pursuit the captain breathed easier on account of his hair, and others breathed easier because the bird struck their minds at this time as being somehow grewsome and ominous.

Select the correct text in the passage. In "The Open Boat,Stephen Crane shows that man projects his own fears on nature, while nature remains indifferent. Which two parts of the excerpt reflect this theme? Canton flannel gulls flew near and far. Sometimes they sat down on the sea, near patches of brown seaweed that rolled on the waves with a movement like carpets on a line in a gale.The birds sat comfortably in groups, and they were envied by some in the dingey, for the wrath of the sea was no more to them than it was to a covey of prairie chickens a thousand miles inland. Often they came very close and stared at the men with black bead-like eyes. At these times they were uncanny and sinister in their unblinking scrutiny, and the men hooted angrily at them, telling them to be gone. One came, and evidently decided to alight on the top of the captain's head. The bird flew parallel to the boat and did not circle, but made short sidelong jumps in the air in chicken-fashion. His black eyes were wistfully fixed upon the captain's head."Ugly brute," said the oiler to the bird."You look as if you were made with a jack-knife." The cook and the correspondent swore darkly at the creature The captain naturally wished to knock it away with the end of the heavy painter; but he did not dare do it,because anything resembling an emphatic gesture would have capsized this freighted boat,and so with his open hand, the captain gently and carefully waved the gull away. After it had been discouraged from the pursuit the captain breathed easier on account of his hair, and others breathed easier because the bird struck their minds at this time as being somehow grewsome and ominous.

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"The birds sat comfortably in groups, and they were envied by some in the dingey, for the wrath of the sea was no more to them than it was to a covey of prairie chickens a thousand miles inland." and "After it had been discouraged from the pursuit the captain breathed easier on account of his hair, and others breathed easier because the bird struck their minds at this time as being somehow grewsome and ominous."

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The question asks for the two parts of the excerpt that reflect the theme that man projects his own fears on nature, while nature remains indifferent. The theme is evident in the following two parts of the excerpt:<br /><br />1. "The birds sat comfortably in groups, and they were envied by some in the dingey, for the wrath of the sea was no more to them than it was to a covey of prairie chickens a thousand miles inland." This part shows that the men in the dingey project their fear of the sea onto the birds, seeing the sea as a "wrath" that is equally indifferent to them as it is to the birds.<br /><br />2. "After it had been discouraged from the pursuit the captain breathed easier on account of his hair, and others breathed easier because the bird struck their minds at this time as being somehow grewsome and ominous." This part shows that the men in the dingey project their fear of the bird as being "grewsome and ominous" onto it, even though the bird is just a natural creature acting naturally.<br /><br />In both cases, the men are projecting their own fears and anxieties onto the natural world, which remains indifferent to their feelings.
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