Stephen Crane is a prime example of this approach in his short story "The Open Boat". ... A main theme in "The Open Boat" is the idea of that constant fear that is lingering in human nature regarding the unpredictable nature of death. ... Crane expresses the terrifying nature of the inability to control the waves as he narrates; "A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping bo...

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