In Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat” there is four main characters an Oilier, Captain, Correspondent, and a Cook who formed a brotherhood in a time of crisis. Throughout the story the man encounters some good and bad experience but through it all they were able to maintain a strong brotherhood. The bond that the character had created allowed them to be rescued. The story reveals a tremendous amount of brotherhood throughout the story, but in order to appreciate the crew's challenge to achieve brotherhood one must first realize the diversity of people on the boat. The crew’s willingness to follow the captain orders display how brotherhood is first display in the story.
Crane highlights the bond that so often develops among those facing great struggles “IT would be difficult to describe the subtle brotherhood of men that was here established on the seas. No one said that it was so. No one mentioned it. But it dwelt in the boat, and each man felt it warm him. They were a captain, an oiler, a cook, and a correspondent, and they were friends, friends in a more curiously iron-bound degree than may be common.” (“The Open Boat”).
The ship he gets on is hit by a storm and he is left on a rescue boat with eight men. As the inevitable hunger sets in, the men eat the boy and toss his remains in the sea. The ship’s mate, Jack – a former lover of the boy’s mother – manages to get a single bone from the boy, a bone which he brings to the mother when they finally reach land. The woman then informs Jack that the boy was in fact his own son. After hearing this, the ship mate fills his pockets with stones and walks into the sea, and thus killing himself.
Once we are off, all I can hear is the muffled engine under the surface, the water splashing up beside us and the screams and laughter of my friend and me. My arms strain as we both hang on for our lives, all we can see are blurs of cabins and trees racing by. Our open smiles are filled with the taste of fish water with every splash. Once all of the water is cleared out of our eyes we see a giant wave coming ahead and brace ourselves; we hold even tighter to the handles and start screaming. As the boat does a sharp turn, I tighten my grip and can feel my muscles burn in my arms.
Two main characters, Edward and Homer, had a dream for their future and had love their father; actually, Big Fish showed William's mind. I also have my dream. Through these two men stories, I could remind my vision and know how could I live having lovely mind. Comparing these two stories, the most interesting is that two boys do not know stopping their dream even their bad environment. Edward in Big Fish was born small town with special conditions.
Eventually they get close to the monster, which eventually turned out to be a shark-shaped submarine, called the Nautilus. They met Captain Nemo, commander and owner of the ship, who told them that they were allowed to stay on the Nautilus, but, they weren´t permitted to leave. At this point, an extraordinary voyage under the sea began. Arronax, was fascinated by all the underwater mysteries. But, Ned Land was not happy at all, so he proposed to escape.
When it seems that all hope is lost, he manages to harpoon a large size tuna and is thrown overboard and nearly drowns. Skiff manages to climb back aboard his small skiff and tow his tuna back to shore, but runs out of gas. His only option is to row the boat back to shore. III. Little Skiff: Active; Strong; Thin; Clever; Gentle Big Skiff: Ignorant; Dramatic; Ironic; Skillful Mr.Woodwell: Hardy; Frail; Truthful; Trustworthy IV.
Before they could make a volunteer exit, a wave upends the boat and dumps them into the icy sea. The strongest man, the oiler, tried to swim ashore. Rescuers find him “face downward”(370) in the shallow water. In “The Open Boat” Crane clearly demonstrates that nature is totally indifferent to the predicament of these men, and to make it through the plight of
Swimming frantically, they are driven to the shore and then trapped overnight in a small cove. The next day they are driven into a similar cove, where they are killed by harpoons, fish hooks, and knives. Those who survived either drown in the water or in their own blood, or dragged to a slaughter warehouse where they are stabbed to death. They are then butchered and sent to fish markets for the people of Japan to buy. As if that was not horrible enough, dolphin trainers and veterinarians witness and sometimes assist the killings.
Coupled with these pillars and rocks were small skittish sand crabs. With there hard shell, light brown color, eyes floating above their head, and legs spread apart they were very fast. Moving onward, I scrambled up the faded pier with old cracked dry wood that squeaked along the way until I reach the peak. My feet were once again warmed by the scorching wood of the pier. I tip-toed toward an orange heavy duty igloo water cooler yelling with my mouth wide open, OUCH, HOT, HOT, OU, until I cooled them down with the ice cold water.