Which four 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 A. "after successfully surmounting one wave" you discover that B. "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 C. "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 D. "it shut all else from the view of the men" in the boat, and it was not difficult to imagine E. "that this particular wave was the final outburst of the ocean" F. "the last effort of the grim water"

The correct option is B.

The excerpt given above is talking about the ocean waves and the havoc they are capable of causing. The author described how difficult it can be for sailors to handle these waves. The statement that particularly talks about the hostility of the waves is the one given in option B, which states that each of the ocean waves is always anxious to inflict some damages.

Explanation:

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overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.