Stephen Crane's The Open Boat

Naturalism is defined as a style or method of treating the subject that presents, specific aspects and features and gives a view of the human life and their actions (Campbell, 2013). "The Open Boat" was written by Stephen Crane (1871–1900) and published in 1897. "The Open Boat" is considered to be Stephen Crane's best piece of work and subsequently based on a true-life experience. The short story is commonly considered to be a methodological masterpiece of the modern short story for its time. As far as creativity and originality is concerned, the story's merit in realism and dramatic execution has never been doubted.

Stephen Crane was the youngest child within his family of fourteen children, his father, unfortunately, died when Stephen Crane was only a child, so he grew up without much supervision or guidance, consequently growing up to be a rebel as a teenager. It was not until he was about sixteen years of age when one of his older brothers asked Stephen Crane to assist him in preparing articles for publication at his newspaper job, which happen to be at the New York Tribune. This was Stephen Crane's first real experience at his journalistic profession (Perkins, &

From the beginning to the end of the "The Open Boat", the nature and sensitivity of the writing is one that is gloomy or a bit melancholy at times and the characters never seem to be free of danger. The four men are always struggling against something weather if it is battling the waves, sharks, their muscles (not strong enough), and their own mind at times, This nature in Stephen Crane's writing is what makes "The Open Boat", very naturalistic because it provides to a sense of cut-throat life and little