Read and discuss The Open Boat By Stephen Crane .
1. From whose point of view is this story told? How are the effects ofthe third person omniscient point of view different than if the storyhad been told in the first person by one of the men?2. How does Crane use setting to reveal the experience of the men?How does he use diction to set the tone of the story and to conveythe story’s meaning?3. How do the men interpret certain events and items as signs oftheir fate? In what way is the man waving his shirt ironic?4. What is the effect of repetition in the story?5. What does a temple symbolize? How is this symbol used in thestory?6. Is there anything meaningful in the men’s time together navigatingthe sea in a lifeboat?7. What is the plot twist at the end of the story? Why do we considerthis event unexpected? How does it affect the meaning of thestory?
