Short Story Open Boat

“Open boat” adequately showcases a story that has, multiple themes. However, the most prominent one is addressed with the use of point of view and is as follows: Limited perception in life can cause a person to never get the full truth behind a statement of gesture. It can also be disatorisos in a time of need.
The short story begins with the four crew members stranded on the ocean, third person point of view limited. The narrator never gives a direct statement that tells how they ended up in the miniscule boat. Consequently, their perception of their situation is bleak is seen as bleak. “None of them knew the color of the sky”(246). The crew members stay focused on the ocean waves. Furthermore, this causes their perception to be similar in a sort. However, it’s entirely different. The captain has a different perspective altogether. He's injured, but has to lead the ship, while also dealing with the fact that he didn’t go down with the ship. Nevertheless, as the story continues the horizon states become more noticeable to the crew. Their perceptions expanded. The cook is determined that there is a house of refuge close. The crew begins to squabble amongst themselves, lacking the perception of the fellow crew member.
‘“The house of refuge don’t have crews.’ said the

Consequently, this shows again in “Open Boat” when they head to shore a. “Look at the fellow with the flag. Maybe he ain’t waving it. That ain’t a flag, is it? That's his coat”(255). The four men stranded on the small boat only have their owned perception. Nevertheless, the fellow whose signaling the crew, with his coat message was never received, due to the crew not being able to see through his perception. The point of view stays with the crew, never shifting to the people on the shore. This expands on the problems that occur when one of perception can be