Question

1. which quote from \the open boat\ explicitly expresses a theme of naturalism?

in the meantime the oiler rowed, and then the correspondent rowed, and then the oiler rowed. grey-faced and bowed forward, they mechanically, turn by turn, plied the leaden oars.

the management of the boat was still most absorbing, but it could not prevent a quiet cheerfulness. in an hour, perhaps, they would be ashore.

even as the lighthouse was an upright shadow on the sky, this land seemed but a long black shadow on the sea.

on the northern horizon a new light appeared, a small bluish gleam on the edge of the waters. these two lights were the furniture of the world.

Explanation:

Answer:

In the meantime the oiler rowed, and then the correspondent rowed, and then the oiler rowed. Grey-faced and bowed forward, they mechanically, turn by turn, plied the leaden oars.