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Essay Archive - Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, and Pessimism
Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, and Pessimism
In Stephen Crane's short story “The Open Boat”, the American literary
school of naturalism is used and three of the eight features are most apparent,
making this work, in my opinion, a good example of the school of naturalism.
These three of the eight features are determinism, objectivity, and pessimism.
They show, some more than others, how Stephen Crane viewed the world and the
environment around him.
Determinism is of course the most obviou....
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