Pretest: The Late Nineteenth Century: Realism and Naturalism

Select the correct text in the passage.

In this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, which phrase reflects the theme that nature is indifferent to the troubles of man?

"There is a certain immovable quality to a shore, and the correspondent wondered at it amid the confusion of the sea."

"It seemed also very attractive, but the correspondent knew that it was a long journey, and he paddled leisurely."

"The piece of life preserver lay under him, and sometimes he whirled down the incline of a wave as if he were on a hand sled."