In Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat", the American literary school of naturalism is used and three of the eight features are most apparent, making this work, in my opinion, a good example of the school of naturalism. These three of the eight features are determinism, objectivity, and pessimism. They show, some more than others, how Stephen Crane viewed the world and the environment around him.         Determinism is of course the most obvious of …showed first 75 words of 640 total…

…showed last 75 words of 640 total…rather the effect and control nature has on human fate, strengthening the naturalistic ideas and views through this tale of four stranded men. The fact that the waves, the tides, the freezing water and all the other characteristics of the controlling force are ever present, make, in my opinion, the sea the most important character in "The Open Boat", the four men are just the way in which this is brought through to the reader.