Stephen Crane is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. He is known for one of his short story novels, “The open boat.” “The story was about crane surviving the shipwreck off the coast of Florida while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent.” (Melato 1) Cranes "Open Boat' has its own category, and some people feel as its more of a naturalistic story that allows the men to become at war with the sea. Crane uses symbolisms throughout his story of “The Open Boat,” to show how elements of nature put him at war with the sea, on the boat. While he is facing war at sea, he is also facing war with the waves of the ocean and one of the creatures of the ocean, the shark. Crane is facing war with the sea because the sea