Nature versus Man in the Open Boat In The Open Boat, the author Stephen Crane shows how the characters struggle against the relentless force of nature. They face seemingly impossible odds that occur almost sequentially through the beginning of the story until the end. What seems to be to the reader a horrible fate of events is exactly what Crane is using to demonstrate Naturalism and are further used to illustrate the fact that nature is an indifferent and powerful force on human lives and that
movements are: realism, regionalism, local color, and naturalism. Naturalism is a literary movement that has a “man vs wild” perspective. It portrays man as an animal in the natural world. Naturalism also shows how man responds to the environmental forces which he has no control or full understand. It is best described as “survival of the fittest.” Both Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat” are great examples of naturalism. Even though both have quite a bit of similarities
objective means to comprehend how historical moments influence the story and to understand the time and setting of the story. This objective was not that difficult in my situation, if any work was based in a historical moment I could identified. For example, “A Raisin in the Sun” is a story that contains the historical event of the Great Migration. The parents of Walter migrate from the south to the north-east in look for better opportunities. As I answer in my Quiz #5 the setting and time of this play