3 components of the literary school of naturalism in Stephen Cranes "The Open Boat"

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…rather the effect and control nature has on human fate, strengthening the naturalistic ideas and views through this tale of four stranded men. The fact that the waves, the tides, the freezing water and all the other characteristics of the controlling force are ever present, make, in my opinion, the sea the most important character in "The Open Boat", the four men are just the way in which this is brought through to the reader.