Stephen Crane's story, The Open Boat, deals primary with pessimism. The story contains unemotional, naive and sad feelings. The theme of the story is the purposelessness of life which deals with man against nature. Yet the sense of brotherhood, caring, and friendship adds flavor to the beauty of thi...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

But the Pier taught me that sometimes you're going to get hurt doing what you love but it's a test to see how far you can move forward after experiencing the worst of the pain. ... It's funny though, how the one place I was literally petrified of as a kid has now became the only place in this world that I could go at anytime, at any mental state and feel like I', on top of the world. ...

• Word Count: 1069
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School