Rebecca Davis and Stephen Crane portray the darker side of humanity by making the reader feel they are observing the social environments of animals. In Life in the Iron Mill and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚ the animals are penniless products of the America’s Industrial Revolution. Through realistic and naturalistic lenses‚ Davis and Crane are connected through their abilities to create a unique spectator-to-subject relationship between the audience and characters. To speak to a broader issue of
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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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“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane is an excellent example of literary naturalism. Naturalism‚ according to Dr. doCarmo‚ is an extension of realism in which‚ “human beings are at the mercy of uncontrollable larger forces that originate both within them and outside them.” In other words‚ nature is cruel and apathetic‚ the universe seems chaotic‚ a protagonist looks to outside forces and signs to explain their problems‚ and man is a small and seemingly helpless character in the universe. “The Open Boat”
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including battle‚ fear and the death of his fellow comrade over a mere three days. But do all these transform him into the larger-than- life war hero he always dreamt of or a coward who fled at the sound of an enemy bullet? In the first chapter of Stephen Crane’s novel‚ Henry originally believes that to be a hero all one needed was uniform. “He and some of his fellows who had donned blue were quite overwhelmed with privileges for all of one afternoon‚ and it had been a very delicious thing.” Henry
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found in most types of writing. Stephen Crane expresses this in his short story‚ The Open Boat. Through symbolism and allegory‚ it is demonstrated that humans live in a universe that is unconcerned with them. The characters in the story come face to face with this indifference and are nearly overcome by Nature’s lack of concern. This is established in the opening scenes‚ the "seven mad gods" and in the realization of the dying soldier. The descriptions that Crane uses in the opening scenes illustrate
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Europe. Oppose to Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) by Stephen Crane was about the story of Maggie and her family‚ who lived in the Bowery district in New York‚ which is a rough neighborhood.Both authors were a famous in their own style. They both had a different style of writing and social issues that they represented in those two books. In Daisy Miller‚ Henry James was more about American versus European society‚ wherein Maggie Crane was emphasizing on the harsh live people were living in.
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Elements of Maggie (the first two chapters) Stephen Crane’s first novel Maggie (girl of the streets) is a tale of uncompromising realism. The story chronicles the titular Maggie‚ a girl who lives in the Bowery with her emotionally abusive parents and brothers Jimmie and Tommy. The novel revolves around the trials and tribulations of Maggie and her family in the Bowery. Highlights of the story include the death of Maggie’s father and brother Tommie which drive Pete to turn into a cold and hard
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urban decay as in slums and factories and the characters are often of the lower class. The short stories (To Build Fire by Jack London and An Experiment in Misery by Stephen Crane) given by the reporters as examples of Naturalism in literature exhibit naturalistic characteristics mentioned above. In An Experiment in Misery‚ Crane demonstrated naturalism by making use of the setting and characters commonly seen in naturalist texts. It happened in a place where a person who appears like a bum or a
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nature or the environment are imposed upon them. The characters are then observed to see how they handle the challenge. Stephen Crane’s "The Open Boat" follows this pattern of writing. The reader is allowed to observe as the four characters fight against the natural elements to survive. The different forces of nature applied to the characters of "The Open Boat" by Stephan Crane‚ are encountered by all human beings in life. The survival of whatever nature or any force beyond our control is the goal
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American Literature Syllabus – Turner County High School Course Title: American Literature Course Description: This course is required of all students. Prerequisites are 9th Grade Literature and Composition and 10th World Literature and Composition. American Literature focuses on a study of American literature; the student develops an understanding of chronological context and the relevance of period structures in American literature. The student develops an understanding of the ways the period
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