<span>Based on the contextual information provided about author Stephen Crane, the theme that the last sentence of this excerpt from his short story "The Open Boat" likely reflects is that <u>nature is indifferent to humans. </u>Nature is, in this case, the tower which looms over the destiny of tiny ants, or humans, and it doesn't really care what happens to us - it exists regardless of the fact whether we are there or not to witness its glory.<u> </u></span>
