What character fell in and out of consciousness at the end of the story?
What is "The correspondent"?
What happened to the boat?
It sank.
Just as the man died at the end of "To Build a Fire", this character dies at the end of "The Open Boat".
Who is the Oiler?
This story is a primary example of?
Naturalism
How many students are in this class? (Full attendance)
19
What character “worked the oars until his head dropped and forwarded the overpowering sleep blinded him”?
The oiler
Who died and what was his role? (What did he do?)
Billy. (The Oiler)
He worked with the correspondent on the oars.
While both this story and "The Open Boat" have an element of mental stamina that plays a role in the characters' journey, this story also differs from "The Open Boat", as instead of having a group of main characters, it focuses on a single female character.
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
True or False: Determinism was not expressed in this story.
False.
This term is used to describe the front of a boat.
What is the bow?
Who stated “Cook, there doesn't seem to be any sign of life about the house.”?
The captain
What was their main focus while they were hoping to be saved?
To keep their boat afloat.
This story is similar to the Open Boat in the sense that both characters in the stories try to survive against nature.
What is "To Build a Fire"?
What was the twist ending of the story?
The oiler died while the others lived.
This is the name of the author of "The Open Boat".
Who is Stephen Crane?
What character(s) sang “If I am going to lose my life to the sea—if I am going to lose my life to the sea—why was I allowed to come this far and see sand and trees? Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to taste the holy food of life?”?
All four men
What was the relationship between the men?
They were "friends in a more strangely iron-bound strength" (Crane 3).
This style of narration is present in "The Open Boat", "Desiree's Baby", and "To Build a Fire".
What is an Omniscient Narrator?
What is the primary example of determinism shown in this story?
The unavoidable death by the sea of at least one crewmate.
This is the object the crew claims to see throughout the story.
What is a lighthouse?
Who stated “I suppose we’ll have to make a try for ourselves. If we stay out here too long, none of us will have the strength to swim after the boat goes under.”?
The captain
How are the ocean and the boat described?
The boat was "much like an animal" (Crane 2) and the sea was "frightfully rapid and tall" (Crane 1).
This element of Regionalism plays a major role in the plot and survival of the characters in both "To Build a Fire" and "The Open Boat".
What is a remote setting?
What element did the sea represent and how does that reflect upon the story's overall message?
Nature is actively trying to kill you.
(Answers may vary for the 2nd part)
What happened in Crane's life that made him write about a shipwreck?
He actually survived a shipwreck off the coast of Florida.