Which sentence in this excerpt from Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" is a metaphor that reflects the naturalistic theme that human life is insignificant before the workings of fate?

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anonymous · Answer

This tower was a giant, standing with its back to the plight of the ants.
It represented in a degree, to the correspondent, the serenity of nature amid the struggles of the individual."
"The coldness of the water was sad; it was tragic.

samkellogg · Answer

I would go with D but it would be A