The first question is worth 25 points: Look at your notes on the literary movement American Naturalism. Can “The Open Boat” be considered a naturalist text? Why or why not?You may prepare this answer

Examine how nature is discussed throughout “The Open Boat.”  Look at the literary critical piece by Anthony Channell Hilfer.  Once you have established your own ideas, consider how Hilfer discusses nature in the short story and analyze the following questions: What does nature mean to the men aboard the boat? or Do their perceptions of nature shift throughout the story? Why or why not?

Do their perceptions of nature shift throughout the story? Why or why not?

Write down a loose response about what I think of the question and what I remember of the story.

ICE method.

I introduce the citation

C the citation itself

E explain its meaning to your argument.

The scenes shift with no discernable rhyme or reason. Crane invites every reader in. Critic Anthony Channell Hilfer disagrees with point, saying, “Crane’s image is an accusation of the putative picturesque spectators” (Hilfer 254). Hilfer’s challenge goes against what Crane is trying to do, by making nature a copilot through the reading.