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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 obvi....
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