How Did Stephen Crane Live On Into The Mind

Stephen Crane: Into the Mind Most dreamers are ahead of their time. The dreamers that pursue their dreams are often ridiculed. Stephen Crane forsook the life he was born into to chase his dream. He dreamt of creating a universal utopia. While this never happened, Crane wrote some great poetry with his ideas and lived an interesting life. He explored the hidden niches of the city which society held from inquisitive eyes. He also explored the histories of battle of both countries and minds. Crane’s childhood contributed to his rejection of society, leading him to uncover the filthiness of reality. Crane was a man of which understanding of his mind is elusive. His personality spilled over into his writings. He published a volume of poetry titled
Searching still for a reasonable reality he wrote what was on his mind in the best way he knew how. The Stephen Crane Society on Poem Hunter claims that “rather than plod through moral tropes… [Crane] is subtle and imagistic, while still being firmly entrenched in the realism of 1800s America”. During the 1800s ‘tenements’, ‘slums’ and ‘prostitute’ were dirty words and, in fact, dirty ideas. Nice people never thought about those things and because of this their children were never introduced to the concept of a need for reform. Crane realized that the only way society could change was if it was alerted to the gaping abyss of despair lurking just outside their sight. His only ammunition was his words, and these words were going to change the course of history. Even so, he did not know how to properly fight to win a complete society. His upbringing led him to believe that his experiment should be kept secret until properly finished, so he searched at times in places inexcusable from wandering
He refined his dream of perfecting society by comparing the best and worst in New York. Stephen Crane’s Biography says in 1888 he entered a military school and excelled in drill team but not in academics. His head was full of dreams, and schoolwork was not where his time was to be spent. Classes were a necessary part of life but not one which enhanced his life. Drill introduced him to military life which is likely where his interest in the army and lead to his book “The Red Badge of Courage” and many other short stories. The same source claims that he spent “more time exploring dance halls then exploring the classroom". The plans he had on exposing the bad to the good and encouraging the rich to feed the poor needed scientific backup and research. However, Crane made up for lost time in the classroom by making use of his summers (Kerry Cavanaugh). He worked with his brother for a newspaper syndicate. He wrote many articles of great value and accuracy which were widely read but not appreciated by the upper class politicians, of which Crane did not appreciate and whose idiosyncrasies he did not think to mitigate when reporting. One of his articles, an accurate description of a labor parade, caused a prominent Republican electoral candidate to lose his chair. This would not have been a problem except that this politician financially supported this newspaper. Crane didn’t see a problem with accuracy. Accuracy is what