4 men are in a lifeboat after a shipwreck.

2. Inciting Incident

The captain sees the lighthouse.

3. Rising Action

The men try to row the boat to the shore.

4. Climax

The men jump off the boat into the water as the boat overturns.

5. Falling Action

The men swim to shore.

6. Resolution

The correspondent, cook and captain are rescued, but realize that the oiler has drowned.

7. Dénouement

As the dead oiler is carried onto land, the other three men finally understand the power of the sea and how lucky they are to be alive.