one there to help. He is the only one with a life jacket on. (LRC-2) The symbolism in this character is the how someone so weak can survive a long disaster as the shipwreck of the commodore. He did end up getting additional help with the life jacket. His survival is much a matter of chance as the others. (LRC-3)
             The correspondent is the only character in the story whose thoughts the reader is given direct access to. Direct access is possible because the correspondent is Stephen Crane. The story was based on an actual experience of his. He feels in the end that he survived by sheer luck. A large wave carried him into the shallow water near land. The large hurdle at the end was a relief and that disaster is over. (LRC-2) The correspondent rages throughout the story at his cruel fate. Comparing himself to a mouse - a particularly minuscule and weak image in view of the seas immensity and power- he notes the injustice of
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