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Rizki realizes the lifeboats are being commandeered by the selfish elites. He realizes saving the diamond won't save his soul. He throws the diamond into the ocean (symbolizing the title Tenggelamnya —the sinking of greed). He uses his thief skills—climbing, jumping, balancing—to navigate the sinking wreckage. He finds Hayati. He tries to pull her to a raft, but she refuses to leave without Zainuddin. In a heart-wrenching sequence, Rizki locates Zainuddin in the water. He helps Zainuddin reach Hayati. He watches them reunite in the water, only for the massive wave to crash down. Rizki survives by clinging to floating debris. He watches the ship go down, taking the lovers and the diamond with it.
In 1962, accusations surfaced that Hamka’s novel was plagiarized from Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr's Sous les Tilleuls .
