Cranes

of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Somnambulism by Charles Brockden Brown contain gothic elements in the form of terror, horror, fear of unknown, madness, and setting of the story. In the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the school teacher, Ichabod Crane, falls in love with a new girl who comes into the town of Sleepy Hollow. Her name is Katrina Van Tassel, and another man…

writing create a beginning and end, giving the reader a sense of special awareness. Crane also makes use of structural gaps, using section markers and page breaks to signify a separation of events. For instance, on page 526, the oarsman meditates on his very existence, “If I am to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?” (Crane 526). The dialogue shifts to the cook asking Billie what kind of pie he…

Nature is indifferent as well as uncaring. In the short story “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, we embark on the journey of four men, whose ship has crashed and are now adrift. They fight for survival throughout the whole story, trying to withstand nature. At the beginning of the story, they believe that nature will actually care for them, or at least an unnatural force will come and save them. They even begin to question the existence of God. In the end, they understand that nature does not…

that wrecked. As the tiny boat drifted through the ocean it was threatened by massive waves. Hoping that they will be rescued by rescuers. As the article starts out it tells the reader about Stephen Crane the writer of “The Open Boat,”; how he wrote the story as a real life experience. In 1897, Crane was shipwrecked…

in the 1890’s would go. Maggie erroneously makes the connection that because Pete dresses well he is of a higher class than her. She desperately wants to escape the slums, but falls endlessly deeper with Pete the character who in fact ruins her. Crane writes in chapter ten, “I was by me door las’ night when yer sister and her jude feller came in late, oh, very late. An’ she, the dear, she was a-crying as if her heart would break, she was. It was deh funnies’t’ing I ever saw. An’ right out here…

observation of Three Cranes, lines that appear to be distinguishable would be the horizontal lines as well as the diagonal lines. The horizontal lines are noticeable since the image appears to be in layers, which involve layers of soil, grass, shade, and light. Furthermore, the image presents diagonal lines through the posture, position, and sight of each crane. The crane whose body is closest to the soil represents a wide diagonal line that appears to be increasing from right to left; the crane…

Hwang Sunwôn's "Cranes" is complete with two characters, Sôngsam and Tôkchae, who although are now enemies politically, share multiple memories from their younger years. Although the two are on opposing sides of war, Sôngsam proves that friendship goes a long way, and that his adventurous, and courageous ways have not changed. Sôngsam and Tôkchae's current situation as "enemies" contrasts greatly to their childhood. The two were once great childhood friends, sharing many activities;…

hydraulic crane which uses the force of water and pushes or pulls throughout the pipes and pulls up heavy items. This has been an innovation in the pulley and regular cranes. With something good there is one bad, if a person were to use pipes or steel which one would be more sustainable and last longer? As in all the other cranes this specific one could be made with either of the two. Finally, another factor could be how much weight each can receive and sustain. To start off with a crane is a…

are used to identify the negative effects of war. An example of this is “And a field where a thousand corpses lie (Crane).” This line creates a very vivid image in the reader’s mind that allows the reader to fully grasp the severity of the war. In this line it is easy to assume that Crane was not a fan of war. In fact, this line supports the idea that Crane was protesting it. Crane did this by permitting the reader to imagine how gruesome war really is. Similarly, irony is also a very…

Batman as Joker, and Spiderman as the Green Goblin. Portraying heroes as villains and the latter as heroes was his specialty. In order to make this work, Stephen Crane not only depicted both sides of a character, but also lived in his own contradictions. Following the Civil War, slaves were freed, but the minds of the people were still enslaved. Crane’s own life contradictions enabled him to publicize the idea that no one could be judged, whether it be because there are too many things going on…