The Crane

“War is Kind” Stephen Crane, American novelist and poet, is recognized by Schoenberg and Trudeau, “as one of the most important and influential American writers of the late nineteenth century” (1). Crane is best remembered for The Red Badge of Courage, a masterpiece novella about the American Civil War. In addition to that work, he wrote other novels, novellas, short stories, journalistic articles, non-fiction and books of poetry. War is Kind is a book of poetry featuring the title poem “War is…

Cranes novella sets itself within the confines of urban New York. Maggie's plot consist of the poor who desperately cannot change their status and the suffering that comes along in these areas. Maggie's themes on this work, clearly gives the novella the…

Stephen Crane The author Stephen Crane is most well known for his novel, The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane grew up in a big family, experienced death at a young age, went to school, and lived a normal life. Mr. Crane died at a young age of twenty eight of tuberculosis. Although he lived a short life, Mr. Crane accomplished a great deal of works in his lifetime, most popular, his book, The Red Badge of Courage, Mr. Crane showed the harsh reality of the life of a youth fighting in the Civil…

Stephen Crane revolutionized writing forever because of his realist outlook on writing yet he only lived for 28 years. Although Crane started out wanting to forgo a military career, he found writing more appealing and fulfilling and worked as a freelance writer in New York newspapers for a short period of time before becoming a full-time writer. Crane then became a journalist and poet. Crane was known for writing a number of novels including Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of…

(1899), by Stephen Crane, mocks anyone who thinks that war can produce peace. Crane pushes this mocking tone to put forth an opinion to enlighten his readers that no matter the awards and glory a person may receive for losing someone to war, war will only leave people heartbroken and lonely, hence the idea that war will never be kind. Crane develops his poem by taunting the readers through the use of literary devices such as irony, personification and similes. In stanza two Crane utilizes the…

was a time period where writers focused on applying scientific principals to study human beings. This movement was most prevalent in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. Within this window a writer that stood out to me was Stephen Crane and specifically his piece “The Open Boat”. This piece grasped the full effects of naturalism and its themes, principals, and characteristics. Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat” is a great example of naturalism and a connection to this time period.…

NSWC Crane would benefit from anti-gaming policy. However, this policy requires more than just implementation. It will also need to be monitored regularly and updated as new forms of gaming are discovered. Pascal Courty and Gerald Marschke encountered this process as they studied a federal job-training program in their article, Making Government Accountable: Lessons from a Federal Job Training Program. They found that after a federal agency created performance measures, the employees learned how…

Our 1,000 Paper Cranes It all started one day in Ms.Anderson’s sixth grade classroom at J.A Rogers Elementry.It was a normal day early in the year about September,in class with work about ancient Greece after the lesson was over we had to answer questions and do a worksheet. I sat next to my best friend Nicole.She was taller and has dark,median size hair in a bun and black eyes with a scar on the side of her nose.She always made me laugh and I made her laugh but we were very different…

The Paper Crane Imagine a time where people spent the evenings at the disco. Life was full of hope and women were looked at from a completely new perspective, oh the 70’s. Within the town of Woodsbury, a young girl named Emily lived with her family. Despite being 9 years old, she loved to feel and act like a grown up. She was a proper girl who always dressed-up in out of her mother’s wardrobe. From the shoes to the extravagant dresses, Emily found a way to make it work. She was insightful,…

Stephen Crane questions man's fate in this world through naturalism. In "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," Crane shows the helplessness of one's state in relation to poverty, and in "The Open Boat," Crane shows the helplessness of one's state in relation to nature. Crane emphasizes the essence that forces, such as poverty and nature, are not adversaries to man, but rather that they are simply forces that are apathetic towards man. "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" can be a downer, but it is…