ay as I was
             about to nibble the sacred cheese of life? It is preposterous" (590).
             Here, Crane raises the idea that man views themselves as such special
             beings that they demand fairness from nature. They believe in the idea of
             being rewarded for putting effort into something, something that nature
             does not exhibit. Crane continues to expose and destroy this idea in
             "When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important,
             and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of
             him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates
             deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples" (595).
             It is suggested here that despite thinking they are privy to some hidden
             cosmic secret; man at some point in time is forced to realize the truth of
             nature, that it harbors no favoritism and holds no special place for
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