Symbolism of The Boat by Alistar MacLeod

The son had loved his father dearly but does not favor his way of life. His interest in school greatly outweighed his interest or desire to work on ‘The Boat’. He still had a love for the sea and in some way felt like he should carry out his family’s tradition. After his uncle had accepted a new job he took his position on the boat and promised his father that we would continue to sail with him for as long as he lived, and when his father passed despite the desires of his mother he followed his dreams and pursued education and all of its wonders. After living his life he finds himself longing for the sea again and isn’t so satisfied with his life.

In “The Boat”, the father wants something more for his son than the traditional life he was born into and that his mother is pushing him towards. The son has long to escape the small town but towards the end grows to appreciate the sacrifices his father has made for him and his family. He chooses to become a fisherman with his father and stay in the small town. The father dies shortly after this decision has been made, he “fell overboard”, but it is

In the book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown the main theme is overcoming difficult odds. This theme is shown clearly at many points in the book. Early on in the story one of the most significant characters and member of the rowing team, Joe Rantz, faces monumental challenges in his life. To quote the book, “He [Joe’s father] went back upstairs and told his son he would have to move out of the house. Joe was 10.” This quote shows how even very early on, Joe’s life was difficult. When his mom died, his dad remarried and Joe’s new step-mom hated him. One day, the step-mom had enough of Joe, and when faced with the choice of his son or his new wife, Joe’s father chose his wife. Joe was sent to live on top of the schoolhouse. He worked around town in exchange for food and other items. A few years later they all moved to a new town looking for hope in the midst of the Great Depression. One day,

Nature is an all powerful force that does not care whether a man lives, or dies. This could not be more true in “The Open Boat” as we see the plight of a crew of sailors as they struggle to survive after their boat has sunken. Throughout the story we watch as nature slowly weathers the men. The setting of the story heavily impacts its theme as it describes nature and its power.

In “The Open Boat,” Stephen Crane’s writing style creates an emotional separation between the audience and the story’s characters. This short story is an example of American naturalism. American naturalism can be described as “whatever happens, happens.” Although the story’s characters do not think so, nature is indifferent. It does not try to punish or harm; it just follows its natural cycle. Because of the emotional separation created by the American naturalism style writing, the text is open to different interpretations. The audience may be able to recall different life events by the vagueness of the text, and most readers will have empathy for the stranded men.

When reading "The Open Boat", by Stephen Crane, one quickly starts to realize that life is not all fair. The short story starts off with a ship sinking during one night in open waters, and the only survivors are four men. These men are in a small dingy, and they are trying to keep it afloat. Yet the men struggle to keep it afloat due to the rough surf. All throughout the story, one tends to notice the struggle and perseverance of the four men. Not only that, but during the course of the story, these four sailors start to realize what life and nature truly is. The theme of “The Open Boat” is that there is a lack of empathy toward man from nature itself, and this can be seen through the use of characterization, naturalistic tone, and the combination

“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane is a short story about a small ship that is shipwrecked with the crew members in Florida. Throughout the story we get a chance to see a different point view from each member of the ship. Crane does a great job with his imagery and setting the tone within the story. Although we get different narrators they all have similar views of what has occurred.

The “little boat” the men possessed fought against a rough sea: “Occasionally, a great spread of water, like white flames, swarmed into her.” Although one moment the men battled raging waves and splashing water, the sea would calm and “at last there came a wave more gentle than the others.” The vacillating nature of the sea exemplifies the struggle between man and nature. The men never could determine the sea’s next move and what it could cause. The characters understood the unpredictability of Nature; however, not one character was prepared for the deterministic power of Nature. Not only did Nature cause problems while the men waited for help, but Nature decided on the men’s fates. During a physical competition between the men and the waves, the men tried to survive drowning. While cursing several gods, the narrator questions, “Who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?” Questioning his seemingly futile efforts, the man realized his life is in Nature’s hand: “Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.” Without the power to change Nature, the men understood Nature would decide their fate. Fighting against the violent and uncontrollable Nature, the men’s personal agency was eliminated when Nature decided the destructive fate of their voyage and the life of their

Going to the LACMA art museum was a very good experience to see many different types of artwork by different artists. In 1920 Robert Michel created a painting named “Ship”, which it contained many visual elements such as cool and warm colors curvilinear geometric figures.

The author Stephen Crane would write about the troubles of man, using themes such as war, poverty and suffering. In “The Open Boat”, Crane creates a fictional tale based on his own experience of being shipwrecked off the coast of Florida. The story presents the reader with four men who are stranded in a ten foot life raft when their ship is sunk. Crane’s depiction of the crew, men dedicated to each other’s safety, serves as the bond of brotherhood that sets human thinking and nature apart from an uncaring universe.

“The Open Boat,” a tale by Stephen Crane about four men fighting to survive the waves and storms of the sea in a small dinghy, contains themes about life’s hardships that carry over easily as real world applications. In fact, the entire story can be viewed as one big allegory of life and how to navigate its proverbial storms. In such a reading, the sea itself stands in for life and for nature’s uncaring and often unjust influence upon the fate of man. Likewise, the waves of the sea mirror the difficult times that life throws at humanity one after another. The dinghy, as well as the men within it, symbolize the community of mankind and their ability to work together in order to steer their own destinies, at least to some small extent. When relating

The struggle for survival can be found in many different settings. It can be seen in a hospital room, nursing home, the battlefield or at sea like in “ The Open Boat”, written by Stephen Crane.

The ideas portrayed in the scene are a sense of freedom. The ideas portrayed are that he sees that he is on the boat and there is an opportunity for freedom so he jumps. He starts swimming, going as fast as he can he looks into the sun as it is beating down on the water and suddenly realizes that freedom is farther than he thought. He starts to drown, loses a sense of himself and stops swimming, falling lower and lower into the ocean of water. Once he gets close to the bottom he realizes that he needs to fight to save his life and start swimming towards the top. Once he gets to the top the boat is there to get him and save him, although the boat is really just saving him from the water but not giving him the freedom he thought he was

The era between the two world wars and during the wars is viewed by many as  a time of hard work and determination.A person from the first half of the twentieth century would be almost unrecognizable by the average dweller of the America of today(unproven assertion).He would likely be a person who worked hard to survive, a person whose main goal was not to take the easiest path.This was a race of many determined individuals who wanted challenge, mainly people who pursued hard work rather than dodge it.In that era there are few who worked harder than rowers.The author of The Boys in the Boat, James Daniel Brown, illustrates the nine members of the 1936 American crew and their struggle to earn their way through school in the depths of the Great Depression. They toiled day after day in intense physical labor. In addition, many of them also had jobs to help pay for the “privilege” of rowing. Brown focuses on one individual who fit the image of a true, earnest, hardworking world war two era civilian:Joe Rantz. Joe was born at the start of World War I to parents Harry Rantz and Nellie Maxwell in Spokane, Washington. Joe’s childhood was a kaleidoscope of broken images, when he was just about to turn four his mother started violently coughing blood into a handkerchief turning bright red with blood.After several heartbreaking lonely nights, his mother lay in an untended grave, a victim of throat cancer.His father fled to Canada unable to cope with the grief of the loss of his late

Art is a way for artists to express themselves through various techniques. These techniques allow individuals to discover the artists’ themes within their paintings. The oil painting, “The Boating Party,” by Mary Cassatt reflects the motherly and protective role along with nature itself, during the time period of 1894 (“The Boating Party”). Some themes that can be evaluated within art include: iconographical, biographical, feminist, contextual, psychological, and formalism. This painting by Mary Cassatt portrays her personal experiences, the role of a strong woman, and historical context.