The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

The main theme expressed by Stephen Crane in the story is nature’s indifference towards man or nature versus man. The author elaborates the realization of

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Stephen Crane’s ideas varied from those of Twain and Ambrose as shown in his short story, “The Open Boat.” In the story, the crewmates of a diminutive boat are caught in a storm. This is clearly more depressing than the stories of the other two authors cited but it also sanctions nature to play a substantial role. In naturalism, nature often acts as a force that humanity cannot control. The storm represents Crane’s belief in

The extract of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane outlines the story of four men: a captain, a cook, an oiler, and a correspondent. They were stuck in a small boat on the rough waters as their ship had sunk just off the coast. The title of the Stephen Crane extract: The Open Boat is really gripping as it brings up the question: why the use of the word ‘open’? There are many synonyms of the word ‘open’; it could mean free, vulnerable, obvious, detached or unresolved. Some of these words really resemble what happens in the extract, for example, they were detached from the ship and the people on it.

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“The Open Boat” is short tale of endurance, suffering, and redemption. The story focuses on four interesting sailors on a journey towards survival. They try their best to overcome the adversities of the water and raging storm. Crane focuses on the constant struggle of man’s immobility to control his own life. “The Open Boat” is a nonfictional fiction some call it. It typically is argued as only fiction, but many lean toward its nonfictional quality. Crane wrote the story based off his real life experience of a shipwreck he tragically endured. The Commodore, the name of the ship, was the victim of the waves and Crane just so happened to be one of its friends. He wrote 2 articles based on this tragedy, but “The Open Boat” became the best

Symbolism allows writers to suggest their ideas within a piece of literature. This is found in most types of writing. Stephen Crane expresses this in his short story, The Open Boat. Through symbolism and allegory, it is demonstrated that humans live in a universe that is unconcerned with them. The characters in the story come face to face with this indifference and are nearly overcome by Nature’s lack of concern. This is established in the opening scenes, the “seven mad gods” and in the realization of the dying soldier. The descriptions that Crane uses in the opening scenes illustrate nature’s lack of concern for their tragedy. He discusses the waves in the ocean that continually roll and crest. The waves are problems or

A household is a precious and sensitive system of a group. Everyone has a role and responsibilities and even if someone took a sliver of more than the rest the balance could be broken. In the short-story “The Boat” written by Alistair MacLeod, the mother controls decisions in the house and abuses them even if they are not for the better of the house. She refuses to accept the daughter’s gifts, she discourages her family towards getting a better education and she married their father and pressured him to be a sailor. Though these decisions are what she feels is right, it does not work out for the rest of the family members. The mother’s stubbornness towards change and education caused the state of desperation in the house-hold.

In the story "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane, Crane uses many literary techniques to convey the stories overall theme. The story is centered on four men: a cook, a correspondent, Billie, an oiler who is the only character named in the story, and a captain. They are stranded in a lifeboat in stormy seas just off the coast of Florida, just after their ship has sunk. Although they can eventually see the shore, the waves are so big that it is too dangerous to try to take the boat in to land. Instead, the men are forced to take the boat further out to sea, where the waves are not quite as big and dangerous. They spend the night in the lifeboat and take turns rowing and then resting. In the morning, the men are weak and exhausted. The captain

“The Open Boat" is an 1897 literary work by Stephen Crane. The short story relays the maritime account of four sailors who become lost at sea. The sailors are amateurs and had not intended on getting lost. They encounter a storm and then spend three chilling days paddling towards shore with the hopes of being rescued. The ship capsizes near shore, and the four are forced to swim ashore. One of the company’s men, the oiler, dies while swimming in to shore. "The Open Boat" is written in the style of literary naturalism. Naturalism focuses on depicting events as they occur naturally in reality. Thus, the pain and hardship of life are not ignored or covered-up by the author. Naturalist fiction can be described as dark, but this quality is simply the recreation of reality. In Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat” the conventions of naturalist fiction are employed in order to create a story about a dangerous encounter with nature.