42. Battling. As the storm gets worse, Sophie and Cody’s journal entries become short and terse for several chapters. In Battling, Cody says it’s better to be up on deck repairing the boat than to stay below, because when you’re working you don’t have time to think about dying.
Being below deck, for Cody, inspires more fear than comfort—even though it provides an escape from the violent water above. Being above deck distracts him from contemplating death.