In Stephen Crane's short story, "The Open Boat," Crane demonstrates, through symbolism and allegory, that nature is indifferent toward man. The characters in the story come face to face with and are nearly overcome by nature's apparent apathy. Man's struggles in the face of this elemental indifference are marked by a grim irony- the oiler, the strongest of the group, drowns, but the sea leaves unclaimed the wounded captain and the cowardly cook.

The indifference of nature is illustrated throughout the story in various ways: as the high, cold winter star, the roaring waves, and the menacing shark symbolically suggest. The re

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