Which parts of this excerpt from stephen crane's "the open boat" describe the narrator's 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 salty 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.)

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?