The Open Boat

The boat was going down in the cold Florida waters. The crew had to jump. The captain, the cook, the oiler, Billie, and the correspondent all piled into a little boat about the size of a large desk. They needed to get through the rough surf to get to mainland and their safety. They knew the boat would disintegrate if they took it in but they didn’t have much of a choice; there was …showed first 75 words of 769 total…

…showed last 75 words of 769 total…it be possible?” Besides the current harming his mental state, it also effected him emotionally. It was a sort of panic when he was being dragged away. His long journey to the shore came up positive in the end however. The current didn’t get him and neither did fatigue. He had survived the Open Boat. Crane, Stephen “ The Open Boat” The Story and It’s Writer Ed. Ann Characters. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins, 1999. 248-265