In stephan crane's naturalist story, the repetition of the term "sacred cheese" invokes the idea of This idea is in keeping with the theme of the story that humans are

Seeming powerless

Caught in a trap

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According to Stephen Crane's naturalist story, 'The Open Boat', the term that is repeated, "sacred cheese" invokes the idea of seeming powerless and this idea is in keeping with the theme of the story that humans are caught in a trap.

The repeated term 'sacred cheese' refers to food which a hungry man can see but is not allowed to eat and in the same vein, the narrator's ship gets shipwrecked and is unable to get to the land which shows that he is powerless as he can see land but cannot get there.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”