Compose a 1250 words essay on Open Boat. Needs to be plagiarism free!Download file to see previous pages... Through the natural setting of the sea as the location of the short story, Crane tries to hi

Compose a 1250 words essay on Open Boat. Needs to be plagiarism free!

Through the natural setting of the sea as the location of the short story, Crane tries to highlights man’s conflict with nature, which is not concerned with the desires of human or their action. This conflict tends to give the men an assumption that they now understand existence. The story is based on Stephen Cranes’ real experiences in 1897. Cranes was stranded at the sea after his ship sank off in the coast of Florida while travelling to Cuba to work as a respondent for a newspaper. Cranes and other three men navigated their way to shore, but one (an Oiler, Billy Higgins) drowned. From Cranes introduction of the characters in the first section and throughout the story, the four men display different personalities and traits. The four men represent archetypes that constitute the universal community. an average person (the Correspondent), an ideal person (the Oiler), a follower (the Cook), and a leader (the Captain). The Correspondent The Correspondent is the central character and the reporter in the story. He is the doubting Thomas in the story’s script. From Cranes’ introduction and description of the men’s duties, the Correspondent is presumably able-bodied and young as he takes turns with the Oiler to row the dinghy. As his reporting profession suggests, the Correspondent takes the role of the voice and eye of the story. Cranes highlights this role while introducing the characters to the reader. He writes. ‘as the Oiler is working on his oar and the Cook cowering on the floor, the Correspondent is observing the waves and silently wonders why he is stranded in the ocean. This question reveals to the readers the Correspondents search of purpose in his life, and ultimately shapes the readers’ perception of the ordeal facing the four men at sea. The first five sections of the story reveal the Correspondent’s desire to understand the reasons why they survived the ship to only sink in the dinghy. He associates the challenges at the sea to nature and fate, despite his understanding that they do not think or reason like humans does, and provokes them, as he strongly believes that nature has a purpose, which seem to command his struggles. His search for purpose seems to bear fruit when the four men form a subtle relationship of brotherhood as a result of nature’s cruelty. He acknowledges the pains of their struggle at sea but consoles himself with the belief that the pain caused is a byproduct of his efforts in the community that they have created due to nature’s force. On the men’s realization that no one is going to save them, the Correspondent loses hope in the brotherhood, which he had seen as the reward for their suffering and struggle at the sea. The Captain The Captain symbolizes the consummate leader of the group. He never neglects his responsibility for those that put their safety and trust on him. After the ship sinks, the Captain suffers more than the other men. He becomes a broken man after losing the only thing that grants him authority in the group. Despite his sense of loss and failure as the leader, the Captain retains his dignity by guiding the men to their safety. Through his guidance efforts, the Captain establishes a tragic and majestic figure. He symbolizes a leader who dose not measure up to the set standards but continues to assist and fight for his followers.