... the townspeople in Fort Romper, which is hitherto masked beneath a fallacious image of civilization and humanity. The romanticized image of the "Old West,"" made popular through the adventure and danger of late nineteenth century dime novels as well as the sex appeal and grit of contemporary ... of peacefulness and . . . stability;- and just like the townspeople, the author also attempts to disguise the actual nature of the community through his initial use of animal imagery (Feaster 81). The "Blue Hotel,"" or the centerpiece of the town, is described in the opening paragraph as "a light...

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... and the whole story revolves around this relationship that the men have with the water in the story. Crane builds this relationship by describing the water with a lot of powerful animal imagery as well as color. The ocean in some instances is personified so that the reader feels the waves are specifically out to get the men in the boat. Crane ... - (728). He also describes how "after successfully surmounting the wave, you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something- (728). Animal imagery adds to the notion that the sea is an en...

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... world in quite an open manner, as they do today. Those who lived in poverty, abuse, and other harsh conditions were finally exposed to America in 1893 by a 22-year old college freelance writer, Crane. He simply wished to show things as they appeared to him: bitterly real. Crane is a well noted realist author, short story writer, and poet. He wrote ... ...

• Word Count: 765
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