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A 6 page paper which examines how naturalism is used in Stephen Crane’s short story “The Open Boat.” The paper also examines how Crane’s life relates to the story. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: JR7_RAboat.rtf
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the event as it is until it is over. Only then can we see it for what it was. This is the reality we see in the story "The Open
Boat," by Stephen Crane. In this story we see four men who are caught in a boat, in the open twisting seas. They do not know if they will live,
and are only capable of seeing the experience as a whole when the event is over and they are safe. The story begins with incredibly hushed tones, despite the fact
that the sea rages around these four men in a small boat. The narrator tells the reader of incredibly intense scenes which are detailed as though they were actually scenes
which occurred in the mountains or other places on land. We do not know who the men are, that are on this boat, but we know there are several. The
important aspect is the scene and the event which is taking place around them: "None of them knew the color of the sky. Their eyes glanced level, and were fastened
upon the waves that swept toward them. These waves were of the hue of slate, save for the tops, which were of foaming white, and all of the men knew
the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its edge was jagged with waves that seemed thrust up in points
like rocks. Many a man ought to have a bath-tub larger than the boat which here rode upon the sea. These waves were most wrongfully and barbarously abrupt and tall,
and each froth-top was a problem in small boat navigation." We slowly begin to know the characters, who are the correspondent, the captain, the oiler, and the cook. All
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