Stephen Crane Stephen Crane‚ is a unique writer who has changed America by his outstanding works of literature. He has produced pieces of literature that have been recognized as the foundation of modern American naturalism(Moore). Crane’s Civil War classic‚ the Red Badge of Courage‚ recognizes the mental challenges of fear and bravery on the battlefield. He is known as one of the most realistic writers in American literature which makes him stand out from other authors. Stephen Crane’s experiences
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The Unsung Hero Stephen Crane’s Own Story‚ is a survival story which follows 4 men: the Captain‚ the Cook‚ the Correspondent (Crane himself)‚ and the Oiler named Billie who had just escaped from their sinking boat the Steamer Commodore. As the 4 men escape in a small lifeboat‚ they are faced with harsh reality as the ocean reassures them that this survival was not going to be an excursion. Despite not having slept for two days‚ each man works tirelessly to keep the boat afloat. Struggling together
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Guannan Wang 9/19/12 The Open Boat by Stephen Crane Stephen Crane’s Open Boat is based on his own experience when he was shipwrecked off the coast of Florida. The story is famous for its philosophical theme of existentialism‚ powerfully evoked in the line” If I am going to drowned (repeated thrice)‚ why in the name of the seven mad gods‚ who rule the sea‚ was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?” (Crane). This opens up an existential view of man’s place in the universe.
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A great story will drag the reader into the author’s reality. The reader will also get a glimpse into the mind of the author and perhaps feel as if he or she is directly in the story. Stephen Crane was effective is creating a visual picture for the reader when he says‚ “A night on the sea in an open boat is a long night‚” (281). This picture gives the reader a sense of danger and suffering the characters will experience. The use of setting‚ style‚ and character allow the reader to feel the agony
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In the story "The Open Boat" the author‚ Stephen Crane‚ uses a lot of figurative language. Figurative language is used in this short story to give a valid picture of what the men are going through by comparing something that the reader probably hasn’t seen. Examples of how figurative language works in this story are showing the comparison to how small the boat really is and how big the waves are. They are so big compared to the boat that they can’t see anything but those waves. Other examples of
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Javeiya Cognetta March 11‚ 2013 Thousand Cranes Reflection I came to find Kawabata’s Thousand Cranes to be ultimately an explanation and reach for awareness about the modernization in Japanese culture. I came to this understanding of Kawabata’s book by a variety of interactive orals and things including Japanese aesthetics and Yasunari Kawabata’s noble prize speech Aesthetics are the philosophy or view
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War is Kind: Stephen Crane I. In the introduction the poem opens up with the speaker mentioning Maiden in this poem simply refers to a girl A. The man tells the girl not to cry because war is kind. Even though this is to sound ironic the phrase really means the opposite of what the character is trying to tell the girl. B. The maiden had been crying for her dead lover who had thrown his hands towards the sky‚ in which a horse appears to get scared and leaves the man alone on his own
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The poem “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane describes the effects of war on soldiers and civilians by depicting that for soldiers‚ war is an act that they were born to do‚ and after experiencing it‚ it is the only thing they will ever know; and for civilians‚ it is not something to be upset about‚ but to accept is occurring. Soldiers go into war as eager‚ and brave men who are yearning to fight for their country. War often depletes that attitude and outlook on life. Crane believes that men were born
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Comparison of Jack London and Stephen Crane. Jack London and Stephen Crane were both well-known literary naturalists who died at relatively early ages. Despite having lived such a short life‚ Jack London lived a full life. He has achieved wide popularity abroad‚ with his work being translated into more than fifty languages‚ as well as having written fifty literary works in eighteen years. His stories in the naturalistic mode still continue to influence writers today. Stephen Crane was also an accomplished
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Blood‚ horror‚ and friends dying. Stephen Crane tells readers how Civil War battles actually were like. Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is about a boy named Henry Fleming who is in a Civil War battle‚ while there his friend Jim dies‚ this story really conveys the real essence of the Civil War. Stephen Crane uses Civil War guns and descriptive features to represent what life was actually like in the Civil War. Crane is particularly strong with his descriptiveness. “He turned now with a lover’s
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