The Open Boat Summary

Our relationship with the natural world has been demonstrated in many of the works that we have studied throughout this course. It has been represented with danger, emotions and instinct.
To begin, In Stephan Cranes, The Open Boat, the men are stranded at sea with no one to help except for their abilities as humans, who have no power to defeat the natural world. From the beginning of the short story the tone of the men showed despair and helplessness. At first the men attempted to use their tools to row the boat away from the waves abut soon found out that, “after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important” (Crane 607). From the time the men got into to the boat and attempted their journey …show more content…
In Kate Champin, “The Storm”, when Alcee comes to visit Calixta, when her husband isn’t home, brews a lot of emotions. So as they are standing watching the rainfall, lighting happens to strike a tree and this surprises Calixta causing her to fall into Alcee’s arms. This storms is very strong and can’t be dodged, this relates to the emotions that both Calixta and Alcee have for each other. “They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms” (576). Emotions are also seen in the short story at the beginning when Alcee arrives and by chance the storm begins right after he shows up. “The water beat in upon the boards in driving sheets…necessary to put something beneath the door to keep the water out” (579). Alcee wants stay outside but the storm picks up forcing him to go in. “With a force and clatter that threaten to break an entrance and deluge them there” (579). The quote above compares Alcee to the storm. His feelings for Calixta are so strong that they could break apart the house and the life, that Calixta and her husband built