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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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  Wanted to buy a boat that my family of 5 could live on full time.

  Posted by timjordan on Oct 16, 2009 at 08:30 AM

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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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  Hello, first post here, I have a Sea Doo speedster with 2 x 85 hp Rotax engines, it's a 1995 boat.

  Posted by kirby242007 on Jun 4, 2009 at 01:28 PM

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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