Stephen Crane was a great writer who wrote many great stories about naturalism.
Naturalism is when characters in the story are controlled by the forces of nature. One of
Crane's greatest writings on naturalism is the short story "The Open Boat." In "The
Open Boat," the theme of the story is that man has no control over his destinies and that
nature controls everything. Naturalist themes prevail in Stephen Crane's, "The Open
Crane is one of the best naturalist writers and has great importance to his writtings.
Crane has given a better look as to how naturalism really works in everyday life. Crane's
are written very descriptively to give a better understanding for the story. Stephen Crane
also wrot the, The Red Badge of Courage. Even though Stephen Crane never truly
experienced a battle or war he wrote, The Red Badge of Courage as if he has. Themes of
naturalism greatly prevail in Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat."
The first aspect in Stephen Crane's, "The Open Boat," is realism. In the story,
Crane as the correspondent has great significance in that the correspondent in the story is
based on Crane himself. The story is told through the correspondent's point of view. The
story is somewhat based on one of Crane's actual life experiences. In Crane's Life and
Times, Crews states, " The Open Boat is almost a factual account of Crane's experience,
but is also a work of art whose place among the best American short stories is secure"
(125). With the story being told through the correspondent's point of view the story gives
Crane an advantage to be very descriptive. In Stephen Crane's: Naturalist and
Impressionist, Walcutt says, "Crane's writings on naturalism are very descriptive to his
Another important aspect of realism in, "The Open Boat," is the location of the
story. The location in the story is significant because the group of four guys can all see
the lighthouse. ...