Answer:
Sarah Jane sat perched on her grandma's old wicker chair sweating profusely. The summer heat had become so intense it was almost palpable. As she sat looking aimlessly out into the arid desert she mustered to herself, "it's futile, I will never be content with my life here." She had regrets about deciding to live with her grandmother for the summer. Initially, she came to the conclusion that she needed space from her life in the city however,
Explanation:
palpable: something that can be touched, felt or is obvious. (i.e. the tension was so thick in a room it was palpable)
indolently: slow, lazy, at ease
naive: of a person or action; showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment
scruple: a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
grotesque:
futile:incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
Paragraph 1 because the character says that they are at HOME.
Despite the narrator’s profusion of animistic (animal-like), humanistic (manlike), and deistic (godlike) characterizations of nature, Crane makes clear that nature is ultimately indifferent to the plight of man, possessing no consciousness that we can understand. As the stranded men progress through the story, the reality of nature’s lack of concern for them becomes increasingly clear. The narrator highlights this development by changing the way he describes the sea. Early in the story, the sea snarls, hisses, and bucks like a bronco; later, it merely “paces to and fro,” no longer an actor in the men’s drama. In reality, the sea does not change at all; only the men’s perception of the sea changes. The unaltered activity of the gulls, clouds, and tides illustrates that nature does not behave any differently in light of the men’s struggle to survive.