What effect does Stephen Crane achieve by repeating the phrase "the sacred cheese" in the short story "The Open Boat"?

The crew's determination to realize their slight chance of reaching land

Explanation:

"The Open Boat" was a short story first published in 1897 whose author was Stephen Crane. This short story was based on the authors experience where he survived a shipwreck off the coast of Florida during his trip to Cuba to work as a correspondent for a newspaper earlier that same 1897.

The effect of repeating the phrase "sacred cheese" in the open boat story is: the crew's determination to realize their slight chance of reaching land.

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