Claire Francis had experienced many feelings during the storm. at first, during the first part of the storm, she was experiencing worry. she couldn’t stop thinking about her boat and kept on thinking about the possible damages that the boat will receive. i know this because in the source is says “At times like that it was easy to imagine that “the mast had just broken or the hull split in two”. as she is thinking about the possible damages to the boat during the storm, it shows that she is worried for her boat.
As well as this, i know that Clair Francis felt helpless alot of the time. this is because during the storm she went to look for dry clothes as her current clothes were wet. but she was having trouble finding dry clothes in her locker due to leakages. i know this because in the source it says “I went below to search out some dry ones. It was an impossible job”. As Clair couldn’t find any dry clothes, it proves that she was helpless in her situation.
finally another feeling Claire Francis experienced was defeat. i know this because in the source she uses the word impossible. the word impossible is usually used when something cannot be beaten or achieved. this also suggests that she has been psychologically beaten by the storm as she specifically says “it was an impossible job”. if she wasn’t beaten by the storm she would have said it was a hard job or something similar to that.
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