The cosmic irony in The Open Boat is symbolized by indifference, isolation and insignificance. ... The story's theme is based on the plight of the boat in the open sea. ... The boat's plight in the open sea is a demonstration of this helplessness. Stephen Crane's naturalistic overtones, symbolism and realism are the chief elements of The Open Boat. ... "Interpreting the uninterpretable: Unreasoning nature and heroic endurance in Crane's 'The Open Boat'." ...

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In the story, The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, the central theme deals with man versus nature (naturalism), and shows the insignificance of life. This is expressed in the story by the way the characters are pitted in a small boat after surviving a shipwreck. ... An example of this comes from the way the men are constantly battling against the open sea, and no matter what they do nature has a stronghold on them. ... I believe the title of this story, The Open Boat, ties into the theme, because in a way the boat being open is the exposure of men to the natural elements, which in turn causes th...

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In his short story, "The Open Boat," Stephen Crane shows us a Universe, which is totally unconcerned with the affairs of humankind; it is an indifferent Universe in which Man has to struggle to survive. ... The boat gets tossed around as the ocean moves at its will and pleasure with total disregard for the boat and its passengers. ... This action does save the boat from capsizing. ... The ordeal in the open boat conveys to us a world without higher purpose, an apathetic universe in which our lives only have personal meaning but no relevance in the greater scheme of things. ... The naturalism o...

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In The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, four men drift across the sea, in a boat smaller than an average bathtub. ... In The Open Boat, the universe is totally unconcerned with the affairs of humankind. ... Come to the boat!" ... However, it dwelt in the boat, and each man felt it warm him."" ... The Open Boat beautifully displays how the human spirit can endure through trying times, and how a simple commonality between you and another can keep you from feeling completely alone....

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The Open Boat by Stephen Crane The Open Boat by Stephen Crane discusses the moral dilemmas of the men on this boat. ... The four men while traveling on this boat feel that they have to test many of their morals. ... As the night continues the correspondent does his part in rowing the boat. ... Although Mother Nature may not be thought of as having morals, the outcomes of the four men in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat has a lot to do with the actions of Mother Nature. ... Crane's "The Open Boat" gives us a dose of reality that at first seems bitter, but it really test's the...

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The four men in The Open Boat by Stephen Crane all depended on one another for certain task to survive. ... These two men unlike the cook rowed the boat constantly they took turns of rowing the boat and sleeping. ... Without the cook the water would have swamped the boat much sooner than it did. ... The correspondent being worn out floats back to the boat, but eventually makes it to shore. ... They didn't know death until they were out to sea in this small boat. ...

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The Open Boat A formalist reading of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane demands that the reader takes into consideration the elements of style employed by Crane in the story as well as the thematic symbolism which occurs within the work as well. ... Thus The Open Boat on its own provides the material for this study of the text and Crane's piece certainly lends itself very nicely to this kind of criticism because of the rich and vibrant imagery within the story. The Open Boat is a story about what happens when man is pitted against the forces of nature; in this case it would be the ocean ...

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Stephen Crane's short story of the open boat is very symbolic in many ways. ... The men are hoping that a rescue boat will come out and get them, but their hopes are lost. They must then take the boat further out to sea where the waves are not as destructive. ... The captain makes the bold decision to take the boat closer into the shore until the boat can no longer sustain the power of the sea. At that point they must exit the boat and attempt to swim to shore. ...

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He combined his view of naturalism along with sarcasm to create the short story "The Open Boat." ... Crane uses this in his story as nature and its elements, such as the ocean, to have no sympathy for the men being stranded in a boat. ... Crane opens the story with the four men, just simply known as the captain, the oiler, the correspondent, and the cook, all stranded in the ocean in a small boat. ... "The waves were nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats" (McMichael 1495). ... Crane uses fate as a way to explain why naturalism has brought each character o...

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"Open Boat" written by Stephen Crane is a story of four men who had to abandon a ship and survive on a life boat until they reached shore. ... The men had to live out in the water in very bad waves for a day and had to last the night in the boat. The short story "Open Boat" is a great example of an autobiographical fiction. ... He wrote a newspaper article about his experience on the life boat with the survivors. ... The beginning of the story is abrupt and blunt because the author wants us all to be immediately in the boat and realize there struggle. ...

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In Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," the indifference of Nature is a reoccurring theme. ... The role of Nature, as portrayed in "The Open Boat," is that of "old-ninny woman," Fate. ... In the beginning of "The Open Boat," the trait of uncertainty breeds the willingness for man to submit. ... The difference between seeing and knowing lends a prominent hand in "the Open Boat." ... In "The Open Boat," the writing is style portrays a sense of naturalism. ...

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In his other poem Boat People, it seems to be another collection of thoughts. Someone is speaking and they talk about how the term boat people is used towards them. ... Most definitely by boat. Yet they are not called boat people. ... They come respectfully to make livings, and reading these poems could open the eyes to many close minded people. ...

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Stephen Crane, the author of "The Open Boat" and "The Blue Hotel," uses the theme of the subtle brother hood of man in each story. ... The sense of brotherhood and the bond that is formed out of necessity is depicted in "The Open Boat" and "The Blue Hotel." ... "The Open Boat" is set in the ocean, away from all civilization and land. ... The boat they are in is extremely small, and any wave could capsize the boat. ... His death symbolized the end of part of the society that had been formed on the boat. ...

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Crane's "The Open Boat" and London's "To Build a Fire" are two stories that approach the idea of naturalism in different methods. In "The Open Boat," there is a conflict among the men in the boat and the weather surrounding them, along with the conflict among themselves trying to work together to survive. ... In "The Open Boat," the men were in a situation that they did not choose to be in, yet they were. ... Nature in "The Open Boat" seems to attack the men without haste, although the events just happen to the men because they are just there. ... The man in "To Build a Fire" puts ...

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The indifference of nature to the fate of humanity is depicted within "The Open Boat." ... "In "The Open Boat," four men are rowing for survival. ... In the beginning of "The Open Boat," Crane's descriptions of the setting show nature's lack of concern for the tragedy at hand. ... Crane also uses dialogue and quotes to portray his themes throughout "The Open Boat," one such quote is as follows. ... The theme of naturalism established within "The Open Boat" is shown through the symbolism, imagery and diction of Stephen Crane. ...

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In Stephen Crane's short story, "The Open Boat," Crane demonstrates, through symbolism and allegory, that nature is indifferent toward man. ... The correspondent and the oiler are the only rowers on the boat, sacrificing their backs and well-being to get the four to a safety place and make them survive. ... Nature" is a clear theme throughout The Open Boat. ...

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Stephen Crane's story, The Open Boat, deals primary with pessimism. ... Being in a small boat in the middle of an ocean is very tough. ... However, the situation in Crane's The Open Boat is different. ... In comparing the Vikings and the five men in the small boat, we can tell that indeed, the sea or the external forces control their faith and their destiny. ...

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The Open Boat and To Build a Fire are two naturalistic stories that are very different yet very similar in many ways. ... In The Open Boat man is also fighting against nature. The boat is hit wiht storms and the four men on the boat go through a lot of trials and tribulations due to the bad weather that nature throws out on the boat. The difference in these tow stories is that because of the companionship of the four men in The Open Boat, even though the Oiler dies, they defeat nature. ...

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Andrew Jackson Higgins opened Higgins Industries on September 26, 1930 to begin selling his new designs of shallow draft watercraft. ... Higgins" boats were by far the best boat tested despite four minor imperfections. ... To solve problems such as this, the military agreed with Higgins" idea to open a school to teach enlisted and officers proper operating techniques. In July of 1941, Higgins Boat Operators and Marine Engine Maintenance School was opened. ... If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs, we never could have landed over an open beach. ...

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His metaphorical boat containing the routine producers is sinking steadily(290). ... Increased automation is also slowly drowning the in-person server boat. ... Reich states that for every bank teller who loses her job to an automated teller, three new jobs open for aerobics instructors(297). This meaning that for every in-person sever job lost to automation, a routine production job opens. ... Both of these boats are also taken under because of automation. ...

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His metaphorical boat containing the routine producers is sinking steadily(290). ... Increased automation is also slowly drowning the in-person server boat. ... Reich states that for every bank teller who loses her job to an automated teller, three new jobs open for aerobics instructors(297). This meaning that for every in-person sever job lost to automation, a routine production job opens. ... Both of these boats are also taken under because of automation. ...

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The Found Boat In the story "The Found Boat" author Alice Munro uses symbolism to portray the struggle five children face as they try to define their roles in a small town with clearly delineated traditional gender roles. ... The reconstruction of the boat the children find symbolizes the traditional gender roles. ... Munro opens the story with the Flood of the Wawanash River, evoking the creation myth of Noah and his ark, and the mythological origin of gender opposition. ... In the water Eva imagines herself on a Viking boat. ... During the repairs of the boat the children start to ...

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The first victory that came to the German U-boats was over the British liner Athenia (Pitt, 8). ... The most important import that Britain was receiving was their oil that was critical to the running of any war machines that Britain had, without oil that was being ship through thousands of miles of open sea, Britain would not be a threat in the war (Pitt, 17). ... By the time the first and second fleets of U-boats had arrived in Cape Hatteras, 46 United States ships had been sunk and only one U-boat had been lost (Jordan, 107). ... Technology and air support also helped in the reduction of the...

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All creeds, sects, races, religions are equally welcome to partake in boating and driving. ... The responsibilities and dangers involved in both boating and driving are quite similar. ... Both boats and cars can break down, leaving their occupants in equally unenviable stranding. ... Being towed 15 miles to the nearest boat ramp for free is not unheard of. ... The only course of action open to a stranded motorist is to either walk to a telephone, or to hope a police officer stops. ...

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