Elements Of Fear And Control In Stephen Crane's The Blue Hotel

The short story, The Blue Hotel, by Stephen Crane, uses the elements of fear and control to engulf the reader from the beginning to the end. It not only shows how the characters react to one another, but how individuals react towards their own disturbances, fears, anticipations, and need for control. Each character is placed in a situation that involves all of those aspects, however each one reacts differently. Crane creates between his characters a struggle through fear and the overpowering need to be in control of their environment and experiences. He also connects his reader to the point where, through skillful manipulation, the reader could become weary of the Swede, when he says "I supposed there have been a good many men killed in this