Question

What "saves" the correspondent, cook, and captain in the end? (Why do they survive but not the
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Answer 1

in the end he survives by clinging to the overturned boat as it is washed into shallow water by the surf. Even then, he waves away a rescuer and points to the correspondent, indicating that he should be helped ashore first. The cook is described as fat and untidily dressed.

Answer 2

The thing that eventually saves the people, in the end, is the fact that they hung on to the boat

What is a Narration?

This refers to the storytelling that is done to show events and also to entertain readers.

Hence, we can see that from the complete text, there is the narration of the adventure that the correspondent, cook, and captain face and they manage to survive as a result of hanging on to the ship.

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