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lisabm
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Graduate School
Why does Crane repeat three times in the passage that begins "If I am going to be drowned-if I am going to be drowned...?
How would a Naturalist answer this question for the correspondent?
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cb349302 Teacher
High School - 9th GradePosted by cb349302 on Monday May 21, 2007 at 9:13 AMThis is the leit motif of the story, which is why it is repeated. a naturalist would not agree with the reasoning presented in this statement. The character is implying that nature owes him something, or that survival is guaranteed after traveling so far. A natualist would believe that man is at all times caught in the throws of fate, and that nothing has an impact on that. The universe owes nothing no matter how far a person has come.
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