The Reward of Enterprise
by Ward Muir
I struck out, to get clear of the ship, then ceased swimming and looked around me. The sea was coldish, but not unendurable—and anyhow I was too much in love with my situation to bother about that. Behind me the Peterhof towered, like a cliff; I had never realised, before, how big a five-thousand-ton vessel looks from the water. At her rail I could see a cluster of the crew, watching me; the Captain on the poop. From somewhere in the interior of the ship came the sound of hammering—the engineers at work—and I noticed that this sound reached me more clearly now than when I was on board.
Which evidence from the passage shows that being in the water gives Harborough a new perspective?
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“Behind me the Peterhof towered, like a cliff; I had never realised, before, how big a five-thousand-ton vessel looks from the water.”
“Behind me the Peterhof towered, like a cliff; I had never realised, before, how big a five-thousand-ton vessel looks from the water.” - no response given
“I struck out, to get clear of the ship, then ceased swimming and looked around me.”
“I struck out, to get clear of the ship, then ceased swimming and looked around me.” - no response given
“At her rail I could see a cluster of the crew, watching me; the Captain on the poop.”
“At her rail I could see a cluster of the crew, watching me; the Captain on the poop.” - no response given
“The sea was coldish, but not unendurable—and anyhow I was too much in love with my situation to bother about that.”
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The evidence from the passage that shows being in the water gives Harborough a new perspective is:
“Behind me the Peterhof towered, like a cliff; I had never realised, before, how big a five-thousand-ton vessel looks from the water.”
This sentence indicates that Harborough has a new understanding of the size of the ship because he is viewing it from the water, highlighting the change in his perspective.
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