Stephen Crane

The Open Boat and Other Stories (Annotated) Stephen Crane

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective."The Open Boat" is a short story by the American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the Florida coast earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to sail ashore in a small boat; one of the men, an oiler named Billie Higgins, drowned after the boat capsized. Crane's personal account of the wreck and survival of men, titled "Stephen Crane's Own Story," was first published a few days after his rescue.