The Open Boat

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Louis W

 

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July 27, 2013

 

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University

 

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A

 

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From the beginning of time man has pondered the question as to "Why was I placed here on Earth?" We tend to see ourselves as being important, that we have to leave our mark in order for life to have some sort of meaning. In this story, four men, known simply as the captain, the oiler, the correspondent, and the cook, become stranded in the sea in a small boat...
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Together they are forced to bare the torments of one of Mother Nature's toughest challenges, the open sea. In this process these four men learn much about nature and just how little they are on Earth. One of the characters, the correspondent, comes to the realization that nature is indifferent despite the struggles of the individuals, "When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him?" (para, 174)...
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