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1单击此处添加标题IntroductionofwriterThewritingbackgroundoftheopenboatTheabstractofstroryRevelationofthestory3单击此处添加标题StephenCrane(November1,1871–June5,1900)wasanAmericanauthor.Prolificthroughouthisshortlife,hewrotenotableworksintheRealisttraditionaswellasearlyexamplesofAmericanNaturalismandImpressionism.Heisrecognizedbymoderncriticsasoneofthemostinnovativewritersofhisgeneration.4/20/2020TheninthsurvivingchildofProtestantMethodistparents,Cranebeganwritingattheageoffourandhadpublishedseveralarticlesbytheageof16.Havinglittleinterestinuniversitystudies,heleftcollegein1891toworkasareporterandwriter.Crane'sfirstnovelwasin1893:AGirloftheStreets,generallyconsideredbycriticstobethefirstworkofAmericanliteraryNaturalism.Hewoninternationalacclaimin1895forhisCivilWarnovelTheRedBadgeofCourage,whichhewrotewithouthavinganybattleexperience.Plaguedbyfinancialdifficultiesandillhealth,CranediedinGermanyattheageof28.4/20/2020Atthetimeofhisdeath,CranewasconsideredanimportantfigureinAmericanliterature.Crane'swritingischaracterizedbyvividintensity,distinctivedialects,andirony.Commonthemesinvolvefear,spiritualcrisesandsocialisolation.AlthoughrecognizedprimarilyforTheRedBadgeofCourage,whichhasbecomeanAmericanclassic,Craneisalsoknownforhispoetry,journalism,andshortstoriessuchasTheOpenBoat,TheBlueHotel,TheBrideComestoYellowSky,andTheMonster.Hiswritingmadeadeepimpressionon20th-centurywriters,mostprominentamongthemErnestHemingway,andisthoughttohaveinspiredtheModernistsandtheImagists.Theopenboat4/20/2020Writingbackground:Itisbasedonwhatreallyhappenedtohimineighteenninety-six.CranewastravelingfromtheUnitedStatestoCubaasanewspaperreporter.Onenight,hisshiphitasandbar.ItsankintheAtlanticOcean,offthecoastofFlorida.Mostofthepeopleonboardgotintolifeboats.Cranewasamongthelasttoleave.Therewerethreeotherswithhim:theship’scaptain,thecook,andasailor.4/20/2020ThestorybeginswithfourcharacterCaptaincorrespondentoilercookwhowereabandonedontheboundlesssea,althoughtheywerehopelessaboutrescue,throughouttheshipfourpeoplenevergaveupthedesiretosurvive.Theyformedateamwhichhadacleardivisionofresponsibilities,thecaptainwhohadrichlifeexperiencesisaleadingfigure,threeotherpeoplewereunderthecommandofthecaptain.Thecookwasresponsibleforscoopingwateroutoftheshipcorrespondentandoilerwereresponsibleforpaddling.Thesefourmenwereequalinstatus,theyworkedtogetherforthehopeofsurvival.Atthebeginning,theyExpectedtobeaidedbyamaritimerescuecapsuleorlifesavingstation,theyagainandagainwanderedbetweentheexpectationanddisappointment4/20/2020FirstlythecaptainsawalifeofrefugenearMosquitoInletLight,theyseethehopeofsurvival,howeverwhentheirshipwereclosetotheso-calledlifeofrefuge,thereisnotanyoneinit,theirHopeintheheartsuddenlybecamedisillusioned.Thenhopecomesagain,thistimetheyevensawafigureflashingonthebeach,sotheythoughthewouldsavethem,buttotheirsurprisethatpersoncan'tunderstandtheirdilemmaanddidnotcalltherescue,Onthecontraryheleft.Tiredandexhaustedtheyagaingotintodisappointment,inthefaceofrelentlessnature,buthopelesspeoplearestillreluctanttoyield,thoughhuman'sstrengthislimited,survivalofthehumanspiritneverwipeout,afterdisappointingmanytimesitwaspreciselythisspiritthatmakethemsticktoit,untilthetywenttotheshore.Revelationofthestory4/20/2020WhatcanmandowhenfacedwithaUniversethathasnosympathyforhim?Howcanwesurvivealoneagainstnature?Theinterpersonalrelationship4/20/2020Asthecharactersinthestorycometorealize,ouronlyhopeisinoursympathyandconcernforotherhumanbeings.Thefactismostfullyrealizedinthecharacterofthecorrespondent.Cranetellsusthathehadbeentaughttobecynicalofmen,buthissharedtragedywiththeotherthreemenontheboatforcedhimtoformacomradeshipthatgoesbeyondmereassociationsHenowunderstandswhatitistobehuman:thatconstantstrivinginthefaceoffutility,andthatneedforothersthatultimatelynoneofuscandeny.Therelationshipbetweenhumanandnature4/20/2020AsCraneshowsinthisstory,theprotagonist’ssalvationisdependentuponwhetherornothewilladapttohissurroundingsandhelphisfellowman,notwhetherornothecanconquernature.Ashedemonstrates,thisisamootpoint,becauseitisimpossibletoconquernature;itistoobig,andtooimpersonal,andmanisjustaspeckagainstitsawesomepower.Thebestonecandoislearnnature’swaysandworkwith,notagainst,them.