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  What is a possible thesis statement on "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane? 

  Posted by solefresh91 on Oct 29, 2009 at 01:25 PM

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  In "Open Boat," what is the effect of being told early in the story that the men are not near a rescue station?

  Posted by hellokittylover on Sep 6, 2009 at 01:43 AM

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  IN the open boat,  each character's main quotes/significance relating to Man vs. Nature?

  Posted by ymd290 on Apr 29, 2009 at 09:59 AM

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  Why is the correspondent the  initiate in the story?

  Posted by shanika07 on Apr 21, 2009 at 06:44 PM

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  In "The Open Boat", what do the boat, the sea, the shark, and the waves symbolize?

  Posted by leeno on Mar 25, 2009 at 01:40 AM

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  What does "open boat" symbolize  in relation to the major tenets or characteristics of literary naturalism?

  Posted by shanika07 on Mar 23, 2009 at 07:37 PM

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  Where in the short story shows that the correspondent is the initiate.

  Posted by mzpimpinpink07 on Mar 22, 2009 at 12:33 PM

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  In the first para of section VI it speaks about "mad gods" and "scared cheese" How does this illustrate basic themes and central ideas?

  Posted by uniiqueeyez on Mar 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM

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  What is the meaning of the first paragraph of "The Open Boat" as it relates to literary naturalism?

  Posted by shanika07 on Mar 22, 2009 at 10:41 AM

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  In "The Open Boat" who is the initiate and does he have an epiphany?

  Posted by uniiqueeyez on Mar 18, 2009 at 11:05 AM

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  Stephen Crane mentions several details about the dingy. What is the significance of these details?  

  Posted by laferna on Mar 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM

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  What quotes show a Naturalist theme in "The Open Boat"?

  Posted by newportmom41 on Mar 7, 2009 at 10:42 AM

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  Why does Crane deliberately place the men in sight of land in the story?

  Posted by babyunger on Mar 3, 2009 at 01:28 PM

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  What does The Open Boat suggest about the perceptions and observations of men facing death? What are the men enraged at being near the shore?

  Posted by tuna on Mar 1, 2009 at 11:14 PM

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  How does the use of color imagery in "The Open Boat" enhance the reader's understanding of the story itself?

  Posted by newportmom41 on Feb 28, 2009 at 09:21 AM

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  What secondary themes also enrich the story?

  Posted by blue90 on Feb 12, 2009 at 04:11 PM

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  What is the significance of the first sentence of "The Open Boat?  

  Posted by swimming2 on Feb 11, 2009 at 03:40 PM

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  Why does Crane kill off one of the characters in the story?

  Posted by mjkirkman on Feb 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM

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  What do the cigars and the matches symbolize in the story?

  Posted by millie89 on Feb 2, 2009 at 04:26 PM

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  I want to keep my 05 Parker in the water all year. hull was hand sanded and primed and two coats of Micron 66.  Will The boat get blisters.

  Posted by martylures on Jan 17, 2009 at 04:45 AM

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  In the story, "The Open Boat", what is the expositon?

  Posted by dut on Jan 13, 2009 at 09:28 PM

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  Why aren't the men identified by name? And why is the oiler the only one whose name is given?

  Posted by neurosis on Nov 23, 2008 at 04:32 AM

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  What does "The Open Boat" say about human beings, male bonding, and survival?  How are they related?

  Posted by august6star on Sep 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM

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  In the story "The Open Boat" what do the cigars and matches symbolize?

  Posted by lena890 on Jul 19, 2008 at 06:32 PM

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  At the beginning, the characters are described collectively. Is the ending of the story a return to the collective form of the beginning? Example?

  Posted by peluza74 on Jun 11, 2008 at 03:12 AM

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  How does "The Open Boat" depict realistic writing rather than naturalistic?

  Posted by jfaulkner1987 on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:09 AM

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  What do each of these symbols represent in "The Open Boat": the sea, the gulls, and the tower?

  Posted by quinnbeecham on Mar 30, 2008 at 04:33 PM

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  How do the images used by poets during the”Imagism” period relate to the larger political realities of the period?

  Posted by maywest on Dec 8, 2007 at 08:03 PM

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  How were Stephen Crane and Henry James writtings affected by the socio-political environment of the period as reflected in their literary pieces?

  Posted by maywest on Dec 3, 2007 at 12:58 PM

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  Why does Crane repeat the passage "If I am going to be drowned..." What role does that passage play in the story as a whole?

  Posted by kgoll2 on Nov 12, 2007 at 02:44 PM

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  Why does Crane repeat three times in the passage that begins "If I am going to be drowned-if I am going to be drowned...?

  Posted by lisabm on May 20, 2007 at 12:12 PM

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  What is the resolution to this story?

  Posted by adk777 on Apr 17, 2007 at 08:09 AM