One of Stephen Crane’s greatest short fiction stories is “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane views fate like it is inevitable, and sure it is. Who can get away from their destiny, their fate? No one can get away from it. This statement is true about the sailors in the boat also. First, their fate starts when their boat capsizes and they have to rescue themselves in to one dinghy, all these men and …showed first 75 words of 1474 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1474 total…be seen that -- through the exploration of responsibility, guilt, betrayal, and repentance -- Stephen Crane develops the theme that man is alone in a hostile society and nature. The virtuous religious beliefs cannot always explain and help make sense of the cruel realities that each of us faces. Thus, it is only through trusting "the God of [one’s] inner thoughts” that one can hope to cope with and survive in this brutal world.