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...

• Word Count: 705
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"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. ...

• Word Count: 1201
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Part 2- R in turmoil, staff meeting, fog disappearing, M under R's control, M behaving better (Pool), B expressing individuality, Cheswick suicide, M in distress, Harding's wife visit, outside world open to acute patients, M breaks glass. ... Candy: Prostitute, M's friend, Portland, "aunt" for boat trip, takes Billy's virginity Symbols: Fog: Safe place, escape from reality, B uses this fog to slip away and hide from what's going on around him. ...

• Word Count: 970
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It opens en media res, after the death of Buck and the suicide attempt of his younger brother, Conrad, have already occurred. ... Conrad feels as if he should have been the person to die in the boating accident that took his brother's life. ... Calvin and Conrad continually blame themselves for all that goes wrong in life and cannot open up about the death of their brother or son until the very end of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 2059
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School