Need asap will reward lots of points a subject is the topic of a literary work, while a theme is the author’s statement or perspective about the topic. which of these lines from stephen crane’s “the open boat” reflects the subject of the excerpt? "see it? " said the captain. "no," said the correspondent, slowly, "i didn't see anything." "look again," said the captain. he pointed. "it's exactly in that direction." (1) at the top of another wave, the correspondent did as he was bid, and this time his eyes chanced on a small still thing on the edge of the swaying horizon. it was precisely like the point of a pin. it took an anxious eye to find a lighthouse so tiny. "think we'll make it, captain? " "if this wind holds and the boat don't swamp, we can't do much else," said the captain. (2) it would be difficult to describe the subtle brotherhood of men that was here established on the seas. no one said that it was so. no one mentioned it. (3) but it dwelt in the boat, and each man felt it warm him. they were a captain, an oiler, a cook, and a correspondent, and (4) they were friends, friends in a more curiously iron-bound degree than may be common. a: sentence 1 b: sentence 2 c: sentence 3 d: sentence 4