Answer: Time progresses chronologically with one flashback and a return to the original time.
Explanation:
In the first part, Zeitoun is thinking of the canoe (present time), this leads to a memory of the time the canoe was stolen from the Claiborne house, he and Kathy noticed it when he was released from prison (flashback), then he thinks on how all the stolen things were replaced except for the canoe and he misses it (return to the present), finally he keeps thinking about if he should get a new canoe and if his family would like it (still present).
Answer:
Archetype - A model or pattern from which all similar things are based. Saying that a character is "Faustian" is an example of an archetype. ... Cliche - A banal or trite plot, character, situation, phrase etc. A cliche is something that has been so overdone or is so predictable as to be embarrassing to repeat.
C is the central theme of this novel. Melville is sure to characterize the fatigue and exhaustion, that goes in to whaling.
