"The Open Boat"

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This paper briefly outlines the storyline of this novel and proceeds to examine the symbolism that is open for the reader to interpret. It shows how there are several different approaches and methods of interpretation found within the story: how each of the men approaches their situation, how each man perceives the others, the interaction between the men and the people on shore, and finally the conflict between the men and unyielding nature.

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"According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, an interpreter is "a person who interprets" (Merriam). To interpret means "to explain or tell the meaning of: present in understandable terms or to conceive in the light of individual belief, judgment, or circumstance"(Merriam). Using this understanding of these words, since each of the men is trying to explain their beliefs about the circumstances that they find themselves in, it can be said that each of the men in "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane are interpreters."

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