Mirrors reflect the people, as realist writers reflect the world around them. In the late 1800’s, a literary movement known as realism was beginning to take over the American world. Realism was centered around the idea of reflecting the reality of situations, objects, or ideas. Stephen Crane was known as one of the leading pioneers in realism. Some of his famous works included, The Red Badge of Courage, Maggie, and his short “The Open Boat” all featured realism. Crane was influenced by the situations he observed and experienced which manifested in his works of realism.
Crane’s realism was influenced by the death and loss he experienced as a child, which manifested in his literary works. Crane is known as a pioneer of realism, which is a literary genre that tries to reflect the nature or reality of an event or thing. When Crane was only 8 years old, his father died and in 1871, his mother died on December 7th (Baird, Biography…). These experienced of death and loss shaped cranes bleak mindset and pint of view of things in the world. We see this if we take a look at his short story, “The Open Boat”. In this story, Crane excites the reader and fills them with hope when he mentions that they have finally found land …show more content…
On New Year’s Eve, Crane set sail on Cuban ship that was supplying guns to Cuba, and sunk (Marren, 46). In the event, Crane and three other men try stay alive in a small dinghy. In the end only three of out the four men including Crane survived. However, an oiler named, Billie Higgins, died only moments before being saved. Crane reflects this experience in his fiction. In “The Open Boat”, Crane talks about the three men, and the moments they all experienced while drifting on the ocean, as well as writing about how an oiler died only moments before being saved. (insert a
Crane’s realism was influenced by the death and loss he experienced as a child, which manifested in his literary works. Crane is known as a pioneer of realism, which is a literary genre that tries to reflect the nature or reality of an event or thing. When Crane was only 8 years old, his father died and in 1871, his mother died on December 7th (Baird, Biography…). These experienced of death and loss shaped cranes bleak mindset and pint of view of things in the world. We see this if we take a look at his short story, “The Open Boat”. In this story, Crane excites the reader and fills them with hope when he mentions that they have finally found land …show more content…
On New Year’s Eve, Crane set sail on Cuban ship that was supplying guns to Cuba, and sunk (Marren, 46). In the event, Crane and three other men try stay alive in a small dinghy. In the end only three of out the four men including Crane survived. However, an oiler named, Billie Higgins, died only moments before being saved. Crane reflects this experience in his fiction. In “The Open Boat”, Crane talks about the three men, and the moments they all experienced while drifting on the ocean, as well as writing about how an oiler died only moments before being saved. (insert a