What Makes Stephen Crane A Realist

The American Dream was first defined In 1931 by James Truslow Adams. He described it by writing, “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement,” in his book entitled Epic of America. He continues to describe, “that it is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” Stephen Crane’s novel, The Red Badge of Courage, deal

• Writing Style: Crane’s style was short and simple.  His sentences were not very long or difficult to comprehend. He doesn’t use as much figurative language as does some other authors. His style is unique and shows his individuality. For example, he is grammatically incorrect several times throughout the novel on purpose.  "Doubts and he were struggling" is one example of this. He also overblew his descriptions. When he said “angry shot,” it makes you wonder if someone can calmly fight for their lives when they shoot. He also said, “suddenly lurched forward” but is there another way to lurch other than suddenly? Another thing he said was “persistant woods” but are there even such thing as those?

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a classic story by the widely respected author, Washington Irving. It tells of the main character Ichabod Crane, who was a native of Connecticut in times after the Revolutionary War. He decided to move into an area known as Sleepy Hollow, which was a quiet town that was known for its many superstitions and haunting tales, which captured his imagination. After living there for a while, he makes a rival in someone known as Brom Bones as they fight over a woman. As his imagination and carefree attitude grow throughout the story, he begins to see the consequences when he first loses the girl, and later falls for the trickery of Brom Bones in a spine-chilling ending.

In this story, Stephen Crane humorously debunks the false ideas society has created about the American West in a naturalistic way, while also showing the significance of the characters.

Carl Sandburg was a three-time Pulitzer prize-winning poet, writer, and editor. As he was growing up, Sandburg’s family struggled with poverty, which engendered him to drop out of school early in his teens to help contribute to his financially-strained family. Sandburg was convinced by a man that served with him during the Spanish-American war, that he should attend Lombard College; Sandburg took his advice and completed four years at Lombard. After getting his education he moved to Chicago and obtained a job from Chicago Daily News, as an editorial writer. Sandburg’s works emulated his literary influence, Walt Whitman; both poets wrote in free-verse. In 1914, Sandburg published his poem Chicago then two years later, integrated the poem along with various other poems relating to the city, and titled it Chicago Poems.

     Stephen Crane uses a massive, ominous stove, sprawled out in a tiny room and burning with "god-like violence," as a principal metaphor to communicate his interpretation of the world. Full of nearly restrained energy, the torrid stove is a symbol of the burning, potentially eruptive earth to which humans "cling" and of which they are a part. As a literary naturalist, Crane interpreted reality from a Darwinian perspective, and saw the earth driven by adamant natural laws, violent and powerful laws which are often hostile to humans and their societies, and he conceived of humans as accidents, inhabiting a harsh, irrational, dangerous world. Crane's famous depiction of the

I read As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, which was published in 1930 and written in 1929. He was born in the United States, in Mississippi, and many of his stories take place there.

In the Novel, The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, Henry Flemming is the main character, and is referred to as “the young

Stephen Crane was one of the best writers of his time, however he was not very successful at the beginning of his short career. Being born into the large, religious Crane family, Crane used his siblings and parents for inspiration. He also had religious backgrounds in his writings, considering this was one of his priorities. One of his most known novels is The Red Badge of Courage, which he got inspiration from schools. Overall, Crane was a man who used his resources for his writings.

Stephan Crane was one of the American foremost realistic writers, and his works have been credited with making the beginning of modern American Naturalism. His Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895)

Washington Irving was one of America’s first short story writers, who used mostly humor and ironic twists to his stories to keep people interested. One of his short stories, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is iconic for its style of humor and irony. The story revolves around a schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, and his adventure into Tarry Town, a short town in the area of Sleepy Hollow. There, he tries to woe with Katrina, a beautiful young women who is the daughter of the rich farmer of the village. He tries to tell her his feelings, but is unable to do so. The town hero, Brom Bones (who also has his eyes on Katrina), sees the nervous wreck of Ichabod, and tells him the story of the ghost in the woods, a soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball

America is defined because of the illustrious past it has been built upon. Challenges that were faced moving into the 20th century had the potential to propel America greatly if overcome. Stephen Crane and Mark Twain have very influential works, which help uncover the truth about America's situation without any optimism to show the reality of the ignored parts of society. Crane and Twain let readers perceive the novels how they wish, and through the acceptance of truth, some will start a change. However, the reader will have to start by making a personal change to push new ideas out to society. By looking at the core American values of materialism and individualism it is evident that Maggie: Girl of the Streets and Adventures of Huckleberry

Stephen Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," as well as his other Western stories, owe much to Mark Twain's approach to the West. According to Eric Solomon, "both authors…used humor to comment on the flaws of traditional fictional processes" (237). While employing parody of the Western literary tradition, Crane also uses realism to depict the influence of the East on the West. In "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," Stephen Crane uses symbolism to develop his study of the changes effected on the West and the roles of its inhabitants by the encroachment of eastern society.

Born in November 1, 1871, Stephen Crane was an astonishing American poet and short story writer. He wrote many memorable works, which we even remember to this day and generation. Crane was one of the greatest authors in his generation. Crane began writing at only the age of 4 and published many pieces when he turned 16. Crane’s writing journey began with his first novel called A Girl of the Streets, in which critics really enjoyed and had a high praise or acclaim for. Crane wrote one of his more popular novels, The Red Badge of Courage, in which he wrote without having any war experience what so ever. He even based one of his novels on a real life experience. When Crane was travelling to Cuba, his ship sank from the coast of Florida, which

only created poetry, but also many novels, short stories, sketches, and letters during his twenty-nine years of life. A flawless ironist, Crane was neither a pessimist nor an optimist; he was, rather, a meliorist who believed that improvement was conceivable. He was very creactive and had meaning behind his writings as seen in the following sentences. Crane believed in progress, some of his best writings encapsulated the self-defeating perversity-and more often the apathy-through which individuals cause death as seen in, "The Upturned Face". Isolation is found in "The Blue Hotel". Solitude is found in, "A Duel Between an Alarm Clock and a Suicidal