Read the passage from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane:

"If I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees? Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?"

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

A. The crew's determination to realize their slight chance of reaching land.
B. The crew's feeling of helplessness upon realizing their low chance of survival.
C. The crew's resignation that their death is inevitable.
D. The crew's bitterness upon realizing that fate is unjust and fickle.